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

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.

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