pilot-getrom(1) PILOT-LINK pilot-getrom(1)NAMEpilot-getrom - Retrieves the ROM image from your Palm device for use in
debugging.
SECTION
pilot-link: Tools
SYNOPSISpilot-getrom [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-?|--help] [--usage]
[-q|--quiet] [-t|--token token] [-s|--sysinfo] [--ram] [--rom] [file‐
name]
DESCRIPTIONpilot-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 cur‐
rently 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.
OPTIONSpilot-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 omit‐
ted, the filename will be written out as the rom version name as fol‐
lows: ' 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 debug‐
ging 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 pro‐
gram! 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 agree‐
ment with Palmsource, Inc. or other OEM partners. Please read your Palm
documentation (specifically the "Software License Agreement") before
running this program.
AUTHORpilot-getrom was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski.
This manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams <linux@code‐
help.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 MER‐
CHANTABILITY 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)