pilot-install-nets(1)

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version 0.12.5_git20241124 · 2 versions
, in alpine 3.24

okay so real talk, this whole page lives under the pilot-link: Userland conduits umbrella ✨ — that's the family it belongs to, and honestly? iconic lineage.

🌸 NAME 🌸

pilot-install-netsync — the little tool that reads or sets the Network Preferences info living on your Palm Device. that's the whole job. she's focused. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

 pilot-install-netsync [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-?|--help]
[--usage] [-q|--quiet] [-e|--enable] [-d|--disable] [-n|--name  name]
[-a|--address  address] [-m|--mask  netmask]

yes bestie, that's the exact shape of it — copy it character for character and you're golden 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

pilot-install-netsync lets you read or change the Network Preferences that are stored on the Palm. that's it. that's the vibe. no cap, it's a tiny little conduit with main character energy 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

💖 pilot-install-netsync options 💖

  • -e, --enable — turns the LanSync operation ON. this is the one you want when you're doing a "Network" HotSync (like, syncing across the Internet, for example) instead of a "Local" HotSync. slay 🌈
  • -d, --disable — turns the LANSync setting OFF on the Palm. bye bestie 👋
  • -a, --address=address — sets the IP address of the remote machine you wanna connect to via "Network" HotSync. ⚠️ careful babe: this is not the IP address of the Palm device itself. in most cases the Palm gets its IP address assigned automatically by your desktop or server-side configuration. iykyk
  • -n, --name hostname — sets the hostname of the remote machine you wanna connect to via "Network" HotSync. and again — this is not the hostname of the Palm device itself. keep those separate, fr fr 🫶
  • -i, --ip ip — 💀 this option is no longer supported in 0.12 — go see -a, --address instead. she's retired, she's resting, respect the retirement
  • -m, --mask netmask — sets the netmask of the remote machine you wanna connect to via "Network" HotSync. and nope, this is not the netmask address of the Palm device itself — the Palm should be assigned a netmask value at connection time, based on your desktop or server-side configuration. literally the same deal as the address 🧚

🔥 Conduit Options 🔥

  • -p, --port <port> — use the device file <port> to talk to your Palm handheld. if you don't specify it, pilot-install-netsync goes looking for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. and if neither of those are found or supplied? she just prints the usage information at you 😭 that's the whole plan
  • -q, --quiet — suppresses the 'Hit HotSync button' message. for when you simply cannot with the chatter 🙈
  • -v, --version — displays the version of pilot-install-netsync and exits without connecting. peek and dip ✨

🌈 Help Options 🌈

  • -h, --help — displays the help synopsis for pilot-install-netsync and exits without connecting. the classic 🎀
  • --usage — displays a brief usage message and exits without connecting. short, sweet, gone 💅

⭐ USAGE ⭐

so what actually happens: the program connects to a target Palm handheld, then either reads and displays — or sets — the Network Preferences information you specified. or it just displays the Network Preferences stored on the Palm device. either way, that's the whole flow 🌸

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

 -p  usb:  -H  "NEPTUNE"  -a  10.0.1.10  -n  255.255.255.0

look at her go 🫶 (yes, exactly like that, verbatim, do not touch)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

pilot-install-netsync was created from the original pilot-install-user application, which was originally written by D. Jeff Dionne <jeff@RyeHam.ee.ryerson.ca>, and was split into a separate conduit by JP Rosevear < jpr@ximian.com >. legends, both of them 💜

this manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk> ✨

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

we have an online bug tracker. using it is literally the only way to make sure your bugs actually get recorded and that we can track them until they're resolved or closed. reporting bugs via email, while easy, is not very useful in terms of accountability. so please point your browser to http://bugs.pilot-link.org: http://bugs.pilot-link.org and report your bugs and issues there. no cap, that's the move 🙏

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. don't say nobody warned you 😭

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 🦋

periodt. that's the whole family tree 🌈

and that's a wrap bestie 🎀 this page is version 0.13.0, Copyright 1996-2007 FSF — mwah, go sync something 💅✨🫶

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