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Manual Reference Pages - read-ical (1)

### NAME

> read-ical - Exports the DatebookDB and/or ToDo applications to ical format.

### CONTENTS

> Section
> Synopsis
> Description
> Options
> Usage
> Author
> Copyright

### SECTION

> pilot-link: Userland Conduits

### SYNOPSIS

> read-ical [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-q|--quiet] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-d|--datebook] [-t|--pubtext pubtext] [-f|--file file]

### DESCRIPTION

> Note, this is not the same as the iCal calendar format.

> read-ical allows the user to retrieve the contents of the ToDo and Datebook databases on a Palm handheld, and convert their contents to an Ical calendar.

> Note that the calendar file named by filename will be deleted, so do not use your main calendar. Instead, use a separate one for this purpose, and include it in your main calendar.

> As read-ical works by passing a script to ical, the ical application must be in your $PATH.

### OPTIONS

#### READ-ICAL OPTIONS

> -d, --datebook

> > Datebook only, no ToDos

> -t, --pubtext pubtext

> > Replace text of items not started with a bullet with pubtext

> -f, --file file

> > This is the file in which the ical-formatted data should be saved. Note that this will be deleted, so do not use your primary calendar file. See DESCRIPTION for details.

#### CONDUIT OPTIONS

> -p, --port <port>

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

> -q, --quiet

> > Suppress ’Hit HotSync button’ message

> -v, --version

> > Display version of read-ical and exit without connecting.

#### HELP OPTIONS

> -h, --help.

> > Display the help synopsis for read-ical and exit without connecting.

> --usage

> > Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

### USAGE

> The program will connect to a target device, retrieve the ToDo and Datebook databases (ToDoDB.pdb and DatebookDB.pdb respectively), then instruct ical to write a calendar file based on the retrieved information.

### AUTHOR

> read-ical was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski.

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

### REPORTING BUGS

> Report bugs at: http://bugs.pilot-link.org

### 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

### SEE ALSO

> pilot-link(7)

pilot-link 0.12.0-pre4 | read-ical (1) | Copyright 1996-2005 FSF

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