1pilot-read-expenses(1) PILOT-LINK pilot-read-expenses(1)
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6 pilot-read-expenses - Export Palm Expense application data in a text
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10 pilot-link: Userland conduits
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14 pilot-read-expenses [-p|--port <port>] [-q|--quiet] [--version]
15 [-?|--help] [--usage] [-w|--write]
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19 pilot-read-expenses is used to output the Expense data in a simple
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24 If you have expense entries saved on your Palm in the ExpenseDB.pdb
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29 The output data will resemble something like the following:
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32 Category: Unfiled Type: 5 Payment: 7 Currency: 23 Amount: 400.00 Vendor: Super Salads City: Westerly
33 Attendees: Joe, Mary, Bob Note: Some simple note text Date: Fri May 9 00:00:00 2004
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38 pilot-read-expenses option
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42 Write out the expense data
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45 Conduit Options
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49 Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this
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58 Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message
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63 Display version of pilot-read-expenses and exit without connecting.
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66 Help Options
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70 Display the help synopsis for pilot-read-expenses and exit without con‐
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76 Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.
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80 pilot-read-expenses was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski.
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83 This manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams <linux@code‐
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88 We have an online bug tracker. Using this is the only way to ensure
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90 resolved or closed. Reporting bugs via email, while easy, is not very
91 useful in terms of accountability. Please point your browser to
92 http://bugs.pilot-link.org: http://bugs.pilot-link.org and report your
93 bugs and issues there.
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97 pilot-link(7)
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101 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
102 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
103 Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
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107 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
108 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER‐
109 CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
110 Public License for more details.
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119 install-expenses (1), pilot-link(7).
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