pilot-foto - Palm 'Foto' Image
Installer/Remover/Fetcher/Converter
SECTION
pilot-link: Userland Conduits
SYNOPSIS
pilot-foto [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-q|--quiet]
[-?|--help] [--usage] [-d|--delete] [--delete-all]
[-i|--install] [-l|--list] [-f|--fetch] [-F|--fetch-all]
[-c|--convert]
DESCRIPTION
This is a palm conduit to fetch, install, or remove, Foto
files from a Palm. It can also convert *.jpg.pdb files
that have already been fetched from the Palm to jpeg
files.
o Delete all, or named fotos from handheld.
o Install one, or many jpeg images to handheld.
o List all jpeg files and thumbnails on handheld.
o Fetch all jpeg files, or certain ones by name.
o Tries to detect if a file really is a jpeg and refuses
to install it, if it is not.
pilot-foto allows you to do multiple operations in one
sync. For instance, delete test.jpg and install test.jpg.
USAGE
pilot-foto -p <port> [options] file
OPTIONS
PILOT-FOTO OPTIONS
-d, --delete
Delete a jpg file on the handheld
--delete-all
Delete ALL jpg files on the handheld
-i, --install
Install a jpg file
-l, --list
List all photos and thumbnails
-f, --fetch
Fetch files from the Palm
-c, --convert
convert [file].jpg.pdb files to jpg
CONDUIT OPTIONS
-p, --portport
Use device file port to communicate with the Palm
handheld. If this is not specified, pilot-foto will
look for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If
neither are found or supplied, pilot-foto will
print the usage information.
-q, --quiet
Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message
-v, --version
Display version of pilot-foto and exit without con-
necting.
HELP OPTIONS
-h, --help
Display the help synopsis for pilot-foto and exit
without connecting.
--usage
Display a brief usage message and exit without con-
necting.
EXAMPLES
Examples:
pilot-foto -p /dev/pilot -f
pilot-foto -d MyImage.jpg
pilot-foto -i MyImage.jpg
pilot-foto -i *.jpg
pilot-foto -f MyImage
pilot-foto -c MyImage.jpg.pdb
PROBLEMS
o Palm has not published their database format for the
thumbnails. So, pilot-foto puts a generic penguin thumb-
nail for every image uploaded. Fotos can be accessed by
a named list on the handheld as well as the thumbnails.
This has been tried on a couple of handhelds. It is pos-
sible that a foreign palm or different model will not
like it.
o To get a thumbnail image you can copy the jpegs to the
memory card. If you copy them back to the handheld they
will have a new thumbnail that matches the jpeg.
AUTHOR
BUGS
o If a jpeg is installed with the same name as one already
on the palm you will have 2 thumbnails pointing to the
same jpeg. The new jpeg will overwrite the old jpeg.
o If the thumbnail fails to install then the jpeg should
be removed. It is not.
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)
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