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Manual Reference Pages - install-todo (1)

### NAME

> install-todo - Updates the Palm ToDo list with one new entry.

### CONTENTS

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

### SECTION

> pilot-link: Userland Conduits

### SYNOPSIS

> install-todo [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-q|--quiet] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-P|--priority [1|2|3|4|5]] [-d|--due mm/dd/yyyy] [-c|--completed] [-D|--description [title]] [-n|--note note] [-f|--file filename]

### DESCRIPTION

> install-todo allows the user to install one new ToDo list entry with specified paramters passed to install-todo and add a Note entry using text found in a filename <filename> passed to install-todo.

### OPTIONS

#### INSTALL-TODO OPTIONS

> -P, --priority=priority

> > Specify the priority of the ToDo entry (defaults to a priority of 1).

> > NOTE: this value has changed from the default of 4 to the default of 1, just as a new ToDo entry on the Palm would set it.

> -d, --due duedate

> > The due Date MM/DD/YYYY (defaults to blank, no due date if this is not specified).

> -c, --completed

> > Mark the item complete (the default is to mark the item as incomplete, as the Palm would do it).

> -D, --description title

> > The title of the ToDo entry

> -n, --note note

> > The Note text you wish to add to this ToDo entry, if any.

> -f, --file filename

> > A local filename containing the Note text.

#### CONDUIT OPTIONS

> -p, --port <port>

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

> -q, --quiet

> > Suppress ’Hit HotSync button’ message

> -v, --version

> > Display version of install-todo and exit without connecting.

#### HELP OPTIONS

> -h, --help

> > Display the help synopsis for install-todo and exit without connecting.

> --usage

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

### USAGE

> The program will connect to a target Palm handheld, and creates the ToDo entry to the Palm ToDo application, using the specified parameters and input from the supplied file passed as arguments on the commandline.

### EXAMPLE

> install-todo -p /dev/pilot -n ’Buy Milk’ -D ’Go shopping, see note for items’

### AUTHOR

> install-todo was originally written by Martin Fick, based on code in install-todos by Robert A. Kaplan.

> 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 | install-todo (1) | Copyright 1996-2005 FSF

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