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pilot-addresses(1)		  PILOT-LINK		    pilot-addresses(1)

NAME
       pilot-addresses	-  Read and write address book databases to and from a
       Palm handheld.

SECTION
       pilot-link: Userland conduits

LOCATION
       ./src

SYNOPSIS
	pilot-addresses [-p|--port <port>] [--version]	[-?|--help]  [--usage]
       [-q|--quiet] [--delete-all] [-t|--delimiter  INT] [-d|--delete-category
       category	 ] [-c|--category  category] [-a|--augment] [-r|--read	 file]
       [-w|--write   file  ] [-C|--human-readable]

DESCRIPTION
	pilot-addresses	 allows the user to read all entries from a Palm hand‐
       held such as those made by Palm, Handspring, Handera, TRGPro,  Sony  or
       other  Palm  handheld  in  the Palm Address Book application, write new
       entries into the database, and delete a category or delete all  entries
       in the database.

COMMANDS
       Provide exactly one of --read or --write.

			   -r,
			   --read=<file>

       Reads  records  from  <file>  and install them to the Palm Address Book
       application. (Use the -w <file> option to get a sample "template	 file"
       for input records to see how the fields are laid out).

			   -w, --write=file

       Reads  all  address book records from the Palm Address Book application
       and writes them into  file

OPTIONS
   pilot-addresses options
			       -a, --augment

       Augments fields in address book records	with  additional  information.
       The augmented information is placed before and separated from the field
       with a semi-colon, (;).

       Augmented information can include any of the following below.

	category # Placed in front of each record or..

       Placed in front of each phone number field:

       ["Work"|"Home"|"Fax"|"Other"|"E-mail"|"Main"|"Pager"|"Mobile"]

       Empty fields are not augmented.

			       -c,
			       --category=category

       Install	 records   to	category   category   by   default.   Normally
       pilot-addresses	uses  the  Unfiled category by default. This option is
       overridden by the  category  specified  in  the	record	with  the   -a
       option.

			       -d, --delete-category

       Delete all records in the specified category category before installing
       new records.

       Note that the long name of this option has changed since 0.11.8

			       -D, --delete-all

       Delete all address book records in all categories. Obviously,  be  very
       careful with this one.

       Note that the long name of this option has changed since 0.11.8

			       -t,
			       --delimiter INT

       Include	category  in each record, use the delimiter specified to sepa‐
       rate all fields of a  record.  Delimiters  are  specified  as  follows:
       3=tab,  2=;, 1=,. This overrides the default delimiter of comma between
       fields and semi-colon between a field's augmented information.  (Please
       note  that  this	 may  generate confusing results when used with the -a
       option.)

       Note that the long name of this option has changed since 0.11.8

			       -T, --titles

       Obsolete. This option has been removed since 0.11.8

			       -C|--human-readable

       Write generic human-readable output instead of CSV.

   Conduit Options
			       -p,
			       --port <port>

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

			       -q,
			       --quiet

       Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

			       -v, --version

       Display version of pilot-addresses and exit without connecting.

   Help Options
			       -h, --help

       Display the help synopsis for pilot-addresses and exit without connect‐
       ing.

			       --usage

       Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

USAGE
       The program  will  connect  to  the  Palm  handheld,  and  perform  the
       requested read or write operation specified by the user.

EXAMPLES
       To write all address records in a Palm to the file addrbook.csv:

	pilot-addresses	 -w  addrbook.csv

       or

	pilot-addresses	 -p  /dev/pilot	 -w  addrbook.csv

       To  read	 the address book records in the file addrbook.csv and install
       them onto the Palm:

	pilot-addresses	 -r  addrbook.csv

       To read the address book records in the	file  addrbook.csv  and	 place
       them  into  the Palm address book database category Special after first
       deleting all current records in the  Special  category on the palm:

	pilot-addresses	 -c  Special  -d  Special  -r  addrbook.csv

AUTHOR
	pilot-addresses originally written by Kenneth Albanowski, this	manual
       page  was  originally  written by Robert Wittig <bob.wittig@gt.org> and
       later updated by David A. Desrosiers <hacker@gnu-designs.com> and  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  MER‐
       CHANTABILITY  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
	addresses(1) pilot-link(7)

0.12.5			    Copyright 1996-2007 FSF	    pilot-addresses(1)
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