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pilot-read-ical(1)                PILOT-LINK                pilot-read-ical(1)

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

SECTION
       pilot-link: Userland conduits

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

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

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

OPTIONS
   pilot-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, pilot-read-ical will look for the $PILOTPORT
       environment variable. If neither are found, pilot-read-ical will print
       the usage information.

                               -q,
                               --quiet

       Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

                               -v, --version

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

   Help Options
                               -h, --help.

       Display the help synopsis for pilot-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
        pilot-read-ical was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski.

       This manual page was converted 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-read-ical(1)