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pilot-install-user - Man Page

Reads or sets a Palm User and UserID on a Palm Device.

Section

pilot-link: Userland conduits

Synopsis

pilot-install-user [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-q|--quiet] [-u|--user  username] [-i|--id  userid] [-l|--list]

Description

pilot-install-user allows the user to read or change the User and UserID information on the Palm handheld.

Options

pilot-install-user options

                       -u,
                       --user username
                   

Set the username, use quotes for spaces in the username, as in "John Q. Public".

                       -i,
                       --id userid
                   

Set the 5-digit numeric UserID on the device (used for many Palm application registration methods).

                       -l, --list
                   

List the current username and ID (default)

Conduit Options

                       -p, --port
                       <port>
                   

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

                       -q,
                       --quiet
                   

Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

                       -v, --version
                   

Display version of pilot-install-user and exit without connecting.

Help Options

                       -h, --help
                   

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

                       --usage
                   

Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

Usage

The program will connect to a target Palm handheld, and read or set the Palm UserName specified or display the Palm username and UserID if none is specified.

Author

pilot-install-user was originally written by D. Jeff Dionne <jeff@RyeHam.ee.ryerson.ca>.

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.

See Also

pilot-install-netsync (1), pilot-dlpsh (1), pilot-link(7).

Referenced By

pilot-install-netsync(1), pilot-link(7).

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