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NAME

       pilot-getrom - Retrieves the ROM image from your Palm device for use in debugging.

SECTION

       pilot-link: Tools

SYNOPSIS

        pilot-getrom  [-p|--port  <port>]  [--version]  [-?|--help]  [--usage]  [-q|--quiet] [-t|--token  token]
       [-s|--sysinfo] [--ram] [--rom] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

        pilot-getrom is used to fetch the ROM from your Palm handheld for use  in  debugging  Palm  applications
       through the use of POSE, the Palm OS Emulator application.

       Note,  because  pilot-getrom  uses  the  low-level  RPC  protocol to fetch the ROM image, and the new OS5
       devices do not use this protocol, you currently cannot fetch an OS5 ROM image using  this  utility.  This
       will be updated in a future release to handle fetching OS5 ROM images, using the debugger protocol.

OPTIONS

   pilot-getrom options
                               -t,
                               --token token

       A ROM token to read (i.e. snum)

                               -s, --sysinfo

       Print SysInfo

                               --ram

       Read RAM

                               --rom

       Read ROM

                               <filename>

       Write the ROM image to the file named by <filename>. If this is omitted, the filename will be written out
       as the rom version name as follows: ' pilot-$VERSION.rom  ', where an OS 3.5 image would  be  written  as
       the filename of 'pilot-3.5.0.rom'.

   Conduit Options
                               -p, --port
                               <port>

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

                               -q,
                               --quiet

       Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

                               -v, --version

       Display version of pilot-getrom and exit without connecting.

   Help Options
                               -h, --help

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

                               --usage

       Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

USAGE

       Connect  to  a  target Palm handheld and fetch the ROM for use in debugging Palm applications through the
       use of POSE, the  Palm OS Emulator  or with the CoPilot application (deprecated).

LICENSING

        Warning: Please completely back up your Palm before using this program! The developers of pilot-link are
       not responsible for any data loss that may occur from the use of this application.

       Use  of  this program MAY place you in violation of your license agreement with Palmsource, Inc. or other
       OEM partners. Please read your Palm documentation (specifically the "Software License Agreement")  before
       running this program.

AUTHOR

        pilot-getrom was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski.

       This manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>

BUGS

   Known Bugs
        pilot-getrom does not work with OS5 devices as yet, due to changes in the architecture and design of the
       Palm HotSync protocol and file type changes from m68k to ARM. Other than that, pilot-getrom has no  known
       bugs at this time.

   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.

       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-getram (1), pilot-link(7).