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pilot-getrom(1)                   PILOT-LINK                   pilot-getrom(1)

NAME
       pilot-getrom - Retrieves the ROM image from your Palm device for use in
       debugging.

SECTION
       pilot-link: Tools

SYNOPSIS
        pilot-getrom [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-?|--help] [--usage]
       [-q|--quiet] [-t|--token  token] [-s|--sysinfo] [--ram] [--rom]
       [filename]

DESCRIPTION
        pilot-getrom is used to fetch the ROM from your Palm handheld for use
       in debugging Palm applications through the use of POSE, the Palm OS
       Emulator application.

       Note, because pilot-getrom uses the low-level RPC protocol to fetch the
       ROM image, and the new OS5 devices do not use this protocol, you
       currently cannot fetch an OS5 ROM image using this utility. This will
       be updated in a future release to handle fetching OS5 ROM images, using
       the debugger protocol.

OPTIONS
   pilot-getrom options
                               -t,
                               --token token

       A ROM token to read (i.e. snum)

                               -s, --sysinfo

       Print SysInfo

                               --ram

       Read RAM

                               --rom

       Read ROM

                               <filename>

       Write the ROM image to the file named by <filename>. If this is
       omitted, the filename will be written out as the rom version name as
       follows: ' pilot-$VERSION.rom  ', where an OS 3.5 image would be
       written as the filename of 'pilot-3.5.0.rom'.

   Conduit Options
                               -p, --port
                               <port>

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

                               -q,
                               --quiet

       Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

                               -v, --version

       Display version of pilot-getrom and exit without connecting.

   Help Options
                               -h, --help

       Display the help synopsis for pilot-getrom and exit without connecting.

                               --usage

       Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

USAGE
       Connect to a target Palm handheld and fetch the ROM for use in
       debugging Palm applications through the use of POSE, the  Palm OS
       Emulator  or with the CoPilot application (deprecated).

LICENSING
        Warning: Please completely back up your Palm before using this
       program! The developers of pilot-link are not responsible for any data
       loss that may occur from the use of this application.

       Use of this program MAY place you in violation of your license
       agreement with Palmsource, Inc. or other OEM partners. Please read your
       Palm documentation (specifically the "Software License Agreement")
       before running this program.

AUTHOR
        pilot-getrom was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski.

       This manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams
       <linux@codehelp.co.uk>

BUGS
   Known Bugs
        pilot-getrom does not work with OS5 devices as yet, due to changes in
       the architecture and design of the Palm HotSync protocol and file type
       changes from m68k to ARM. Other than that, pilot-getrom has no known
       bugs at this time.

   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-getram (1), pilot-link(7).

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