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Manual Reference Pages - read-todos (1)

### NAME

> read-todos - Syncronize your Palm ToDo application’s database with your desktop machine.

### CONTENTS

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

### SECTION

> pilot-link: Userland Conduits

### SYNOPSIS

> read-todos [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-q|--quiet] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-f|--file file] [-A|--archived]

### DESCRIPTION

> read-todos will read the ToDo database on the Palm handheld, or read the ToDoDB.pdb file directly from disk on your desktop machine, and print the contents to STDOUT (generally the screen).

### OPTIONS

#### READ-TODOS OPTION

> -f, --file file

> > Save ToDO entries in file instead of STDOUT

> -A, --archived

> > Write archived entries only, in human-readable format

#### CONDUIT OPTIONS

> -p, --port <port>

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

> -q, --quiet

> > Suppress ’Hit HotSync button’ message

> -v, --version

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

#### HELP OPTIONS

> -h, --help

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

> --usage

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

### USAGE

> Connect to a target Palm handheld and read the ToDo database, or read the ToDoDB.pdb file from disk and print the entries found to STDOUT.

### EXAMPLES

> Read the on-Palm ToDo database, and dump to STDOUT.

> read-todos -p /dev/pilot

> Read the ToDoDB.pdb file on disk, and dump to STDOUT

> read-todos -f ToDoDB.pdb

### AUTHOR

> read-todos was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski

### 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

> install-todo (1), install-todos (1), pilot-link(7)

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

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