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pilot-dlpsh(1)                    PILOT-LINK                    pilot-dlpsh(1)

NAME
       pilot-dlpsh - An interactive Desktop Link Protocol (DLP) Shell for your
       Palm device.

SECTION
       pilot-link: Tools

SYNOPSIS
        pilot-dlpsh [-p|--port <port>] [-c|--command  STRING]
       [-i|--interactive] [--version]

OPTIONS
   pilot-dlpsh options
                               -c,
                               --command STRING

       Execute cmd and exit immediately.

                               -i, --interactive

       Enter interactive mode

   Conduit Options
                               -p,
                               --port <
                               port>

       Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this
       is not specified, pilot-dlpsh will look for the $PILOTPORT environment
       variable. If the port is missing and $PILOTPORT is not set, pilot-dlpsh
       will print the usage information.

                               --version

       Display the copyright information, version number, license details and
       build details and exit without connecting.

DESCRIPTION
        pilot-dlpsh allows the user to connect to a Palm handheld and execute
       arbitrary DLP commands.

       pilot-dlpsh can query many different types of information from your
       Palm device, such as username, memory capacity, set the time, as well
       as other useful functions.

       Once connected, the user may execute most of the built-in DLP commands.
       (See BUILT-IN COMMANDS  below for more detail on currently supported
       options).

       The connection to the Pilot is kept alive by sending a PadTickle packet
       to the Pilot after a small period of non-activity. (7 seconds by
       default)

BUILT-IN COMMANDS
       There are many options available while connected to your Palm handheld
       via pilot-dlpsh, including the following:

        user, u

       Print the currently set User information, including Username, UserID,
       PCid, and ViewerID. You may also set these values from this command as
       well. To set these values, simply pass the value to the option, such as
       'user John Q. Public' for example.

        ls

       Used with -l and -r to provide long and RAM and ROM file lists, similar
       to (but slightly different from) the Unix 'ls' command. This does not
       yet allow you to narrow your listing to a certain range of files. It
       will simply list them all.

        df

       Display how much RAM and ROM is free on your device, again similar to
       the Unix 'df' command. This does not accept arguments at this time.

        ntp, time, dtp

       Set the time on the Palm from the currently-set desktop time. This does
       not work on OS version 3.3, due to a bug in PalmOS at that time.

        rm, del

       Remove a file and delete it entirely from the Palm device. This is an
       irrevokable process, and you cannot "undelete" a file, once it has been
       deleted with this command.

        quit, q, exit, bye

       Exit the DLP Protocol Shell

OPTIONS
       Passing commandline options to pilot-dlpsh will allow you to interact
       with it in unattended mode, for example: 'pilot-dlpsh -p usb: -c user'
       will connect and display the user information, just as if you had
       connected interactively and typed 'user' at the DLP shell prompt.

USAGE
       The program will connect to your Palm handheld and give the user an
       interactive prompt (a "shell") for executing commands across the DLP
       HotSync protocol.

AUTHOR
        pilot-dlpsh was originally written by Chris Stevens <stevens@rpi.edu>
       and Damien Neil <neild@rpi.edu>

       This manual page was updated to XML by 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
       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-link(7)

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