Provided by: pilot-link_0.12.5-dfsg-2_amd64 
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.
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-getram (1), pilot-link(7).