NAME

       pilot-file - Dump application and header information from your local PRC/PDB files.

SECTION

       pilot-link: Tools

SYNOPSIS

        pilot-file    [-p|--port   <port>]   [--version]   [-q|--quiet]   [-?|--help]   [--usage]
       [-H|--header]   [-a|--appinfo]   [-s|--sortinfo]   [-l|--list]    [-r|--record     STRING]
       [-f|--to-file] [-d|--dump] filename ...

DESCRIPTION

        pilot-file  is  used  to  Dump application and header information from your local PRC/PDB
       files.

        pilot-file does not connect to your Palm.

OPTIONS

   pilot-file options
                               -H, --header

       Dump the header of the database(s)

                               -a, --appinfo

       Dump app_info segment of the database(s)

                               -s, --sortinfo

       Dump sort_info block of database(s)

                               -l, --list

       List all records in the database(s)

                               -r, --record STRING

       Dump a record by index ('code0') or uid ('1234')

                               -f, --to-file

       Same as above but also dump records to files

                               -d, --dump

       Dump all data and all records, very verbose

   Conduit Options
                               -p, --port lt;port>

       Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this  is  not  specified,
       pilot-file  will  look  for the  $PILOTPORT  environment variable. If neither are found or
       supplied, pilot-file will print the usage information.

                               -q,
                               --quiet

       Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

                               -v, --version

       Display version of pilot-file and exit without connecting.

   Help Options
                               -h, --help

       Display the help synopsis for pilot-file and exit without connecting.

                               --usage

       Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

EXAMPLES

       To list all records in the Foo database:

        pilot-file -l Foo.prc

       To dump the header and appinfo segment of the Bar database:

        pilot-file -H -a Bar.pdb

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>

REPORTING BUGS

       We have an online bug tracker. Using this is the only way to ensure  that  your  bugs  are
       recorded  and that we can track them until they are resolved or closed. Reporting bugs via
       email, while easy, is not very useful  in  terms  of  accountability.  Please  point  your
       browser to http://bugs.pilot-link.org: http://bugs.pilot-link.org and report your bugs and
       issues there.

COPYRIGHT

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the  GNU  General  Public  License  as  published  by the Free Software Foundation; either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;
       without  even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program;
       if  not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
       MA 02110-1301, USA.

SEE ALSO

        pilot-link(7).