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NAME

       btool - Barry Project's program to interface with BlackBerry handheld

SYNOPSIS

       btool   [-B   busname][-N   devname][-a   db][-c   dn][-C   dnattr][-d   db  [-f  file][-F
       sortkey][-r#][-R#]-D#]][-h][-i charset][-l][-L][-m cmd][-M][-p pin][-P password][-s db  -f
       file][-S][-t][-v][-V][-X][-z][-Z]

DESCRIPTION

       btool  is  a  program  that  communicates  with  a BlackBerry device over USB; there is no
       intention to support ancient  serial-port  BlackBerries.   Since  the  protocols  used  by
       BlackBerry  are  not  documented  by  the manufacturer Research In Motion, this program is
       experimental and you use at own risk.  Be sure your device is backed up by another program
       if it contains important data.

OPTIONS

       -B busname
              Specify  the USB bus to search for Blackberry devices on.  This is the first number
              displayed in the output from the lsusb command, such as 002.   If  the  busname  is
              numeric  on your system, 2 and 002 are equal.  See also the -N option, which can be
              used together with this option to precisely select the device to work with.

       -a db  Delete all records from specified database.  This can be  used  multiple  times  to
              clear multiple databases.

       -c dn  Convert address book database to LDIF format, using the specified dn as the baseDN.
              Sends LDIF output to stdout.

       -C dnattr
              Spcify LDIF attribute name to use when building  the  FQDN  in  the  dn  attribute.
              Defaults to 'cn'.  If you modify the mapping with the -m switch, make sure that the
              new dnattr exists.

       -d db  Load database 'db' FROM device and dump to stdout.  Can be used multiple  times  to
              fetch more than one database.  See the -t option for a list of device databases.

       -e epp Override  endpoint  pair detection.  'epp' is a single string separated by a comma,
              holding the read,write endpoint pair.

              Example: -e 83,5

              Note: Endpoints are specified in hex.  Use the same numbers given by the  lsusb  -v
              output.

              You should never need to use this option, as endpoints are autodetected.

       -f file
              Filename  to  write or read handheld data to/from.  Used in conjunction with the -d
              and -s options, respectively.  Note: the file format of this file is  not  backward
              compatible between devel releases.

       -F sortkey
              Sort  the  -d database output according to the given sortkey.  Note that the format
              of this field is special: 'DBName:field1,field2'

              It contains no spaces, unless the spaces are part of the name.

              This option can be used multiple times, to match your -d options.

              Example: If you used the following command:

              btool -d 'Address Book'

              You could use the following sort key to sort by Company name first, with a  subsort
              of last and first names.

              -F 'Address Book:Company,LastName,FirstName'

       -i charset
              Specifies  the  iconv  charset  to  use  for converting international strings.  The
              Blackberry uses the WINDOWS-1252 charset,  which  is  incompatible  with  the  more
              common  code  pages used in Linux.  The most useful charset to use with this option
              is UTF-8, and is highly  recommended.   Any  other  charset  available  via  'iconv
              --list'  can  be  used  here  too,  but  may  not  be successful for some character
              conversions.

       -I     Sort records before dumping them to stdout.  This uses the default library  sorting
              order, which is specific to each database.

       -l     Lists attached Blackberry devices, and their PIN numbers.

       -L     List  Contact  field  names.   Each  name represents a contact field that the Barry
              library recognizes.  Use these names with the -m option to adjust the LDIF name  to
              field mapping.

       -m command
              Map  LDIF name to Contact field, or unmap LDIF name.  To map a new or existing LDIF
              attribute name to a Barry contact field, use  the  format  'ldif,read,write'  where
              ldif  represents  the  name of the attribute to map, read is the contact field name
              used to read data from the record, and write is the  contact  field  name  used  to
              write data to the record.

              To unmap an LDIF name, specify the LDIF attribute alone.

              For  example,  to  map a new LDIF attribute called "strange" to read from FirstName
              and write to LastName, use:

              -m strange,FirstName,LastName

              The -m option can be specified multiple times to create the desired mapping.

       -M     List current LDIF mapping to stdout.

       -N devname
              Specify the USB device name.  This is the second number  displayed  in  the  output
              from the lsusb command, such as 005.  If the device name is numeric on your system,
              5 and 005 are equal.  See also the -B option.

       -p pin PIN of device to talk with.  Only needed if  you  have  more  than  one  Blackberry
              connected at once.

       -P password
              Simplistic method to specify device password.  In a real application, this would be
              done using a more secure prompt.

       -s db  Save database 'db' TO device from data loaded from -f file.  See the -t option  for
              a list of device databases.

       -S     Show  list  of  supported  database  parsers  and  builders.  Parsers are used when
              reading data out of the device, and builders are used  when  writing  data  to  the
              device.   If  a  parser is supported, but its associated builder is not, that means
              you cannot change the database programmatically, such as with the -s option.

       -t     Show device's database table.

       -T db  Show record state table for given database.

       -v     Dump verbose protocol data during operation.

       -V     Enable vformat MIME output where available.  Address Book  gets  printed  in  vCard
              format, Calendar in vEvent format, Memos in vJournal, and Tasks in vTodo, etc.

       -X     Perform  a  USB  reset  on  the  device.  Similar to the breset command, and does a
              virtual "replug" of the device.

       -z     Use non-threaded sockets when communicating with the device.  This is the behaviour
              seen  in  versions  0.12  and  earlier, since threads were not yet supported.  This
              option, along with -Z, are for debugging and testing.

       -Z     Use a threaded socket router when communicating  with  the  device.   This  is  the
              default for btool.  This option, along with -Z, are for debugging and testing.

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

DATABASE COMMAND MODIFIERS

       The  following  options modify the -d command option above, and can be used multiple times
       for more than one record.

       -r #   Fetch specific record, given a record index number as seen in the -T  state  table.
              Can be used multiple times to fetch specific records from a single database.

       -R #   Same as -r, but also clears the record's dirty flags.

       -D #   Delete the specified record using the index number as seen in the -T state table.

AUTHOR

       btool  is part of the Barry project.  This manual page was written by Ian Darwin and Chris
       Frey.

SEE ALSO

       http://www.netdirect.ca/software/packages/barry
       Especially the caveats, and the call for developers and others to help with the project.

                                         February 3, 2012                                BTOOL(1)