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20 \- Barry Project's program to interface with BlackBerry handheld
23 [-B busname][-N devname][-a db][-c dn][-C dnattr][-d db [-f file][-r#][-R#]-D#]][-h][-i charset][-l][-L][-m cmd][-M][-p pin][-P password][-s db -f file][-S][-t][-v][-V][-X][-z][-Z]
27 is a program that communicates with a
28 BlackBerry device over USB; there is no intention to support ancient
29 serial-port BlackBerries.
30 Since the protocols used by BlackBerry are not documented
31 by the manufacturer Research In Motion, this program is
32 experimental and you \fBuse at own risk\fP.
33 Be sure your device is backed up by another program
34 if it contains important data.
38 Specify the USB bus to search for Blackberry devices on. This is the
39 first number displayed in the output from the lsusb command, such as 002.
40 If the busname is numeric on your system, 2 and 002 are equal. See
41 also the \-N option, which can be used together with this option
42 to precisely select the device to work with.
45 Delete all records from specified database. This can be used multiple
46 times to clear multiple databases.
49 Convert address book database to LDIF format, using the
50 specified dn as the baseDN. Sends LDIF output to stdout.
53 Spcify LDIF attribute name to use when building the FQDN in the dn attribute.
54 Defaults to 'cn'. If you modify the mapping with the \-m
55 switch, make sure that the new dnattr exists.
58 Load database 'db' FROM device and dump to stdout.
59 Can be used multiple times to fetch more than one database. See the -t
60 option for a list of device databases.
63 Override endpoint pair detection. 'epp' is a single string separated
64 by a comma, holding the read,write endpoint pair.
68 Note: Endpoints are specified in hex. Use the same numbers given by the
71 You should never need to use this option, as endpoints are autodetected.
74 Filename to write or read handheld data to/from. Used in conjunction with
75 the -d and -s options, respectively. Note: the file format of this file
76 is not backward compatible between devel releases.
79 Specifies the iconv charset to use for converting international strings.
80 The Blackberry uses the WINDOWS-1252 charset, which is incompatible with
81 the more common code pages used in Linux. The most useful charset to use
82 with this option is UTF-8, and is highly recommended. Any other charset
83 available via 'iconv --list' can be used here too, but may not be
84 successful for some character conversions.
87 Sort records before dumping them to stdout. This uses the default library
88 sorting order, which is specific to each database.
91 Lists attached Blackberry devices, and their PIN numbers.
94 List Contact field names. Each name represents a contact field that the
95 Barry library recognizes. Use these names with the -m option to adjust
96 the LDIF name to field mapping.
99 Map LDIF name to Contact field, or unmap LDIF name. To map a new or existing
100 LDIF attribute name to a Barry contact field, use the format 'ldif,read,write'
101 where ldif represents the name of the attribute to map, read is the
102 contact field name used to read data from the record, and write is the
103 contact field name used to write data to the record.
105 To unmap an LDIF name, specify the LDIF attribute alone.
107 For example, to map a new LDIF attribute called "strange" to read from
108 FirstName and write to LastName, use:
110 \-m strange,FirstName,LastName
112 The -m option can be specified multiple times to create the desired mapping.
115 List current LDIF mapping to stdout.
118 Specify the USB device name. This is the second number displayed in the
119 output from the lsusb command, such as 005. If the device name is numeric
120 on your system, 5 and 005 are equal. See also the \-B option.
123 PIN of device to talk with. Only needed if you have more than one Blackberry
127 Simplistic method to specify device password. In a real application, this
128 would be done using a more secure prompt.
131 Save database 'db' TO device from data loaded from -f file. See the -t
132 option for a list of device databases.
135 Show list of supported database parsers and builders. Parsers are used
136 when reading data out of the device, and builders are used when writing
137 data to the device. If a parser is supported, but its associated builder
138 is not, that means you cannot change the database programmatically, such
139 as with the -s option.
142 Show device's database table.
145 Show record state table for given database.
148 Dump verbose protocol data during operation.
151 Enable vformat MIME output where available. Address Book gets printed
152 in vCard format, Calendar in vEvent format, Memos in vJournal, and
156 Perform a USB reset on the device. Similar to the breset command,
157 and does a virtual "replug" of the device.
160 Use non-threaded sockets when communicating with the device. This is
161 the behaviour seen in versions 0.12 and earlier, since threads were
162 not yet supported. This option, along with -Z, are for debugging
166 Use a threaded socket router when communicating with the device.
167 This is the default for btool. This option, along with -Z, are for
168 debugging and testing.
171 Show summary of options.
173 .SH DATABASE COMMAND MODIFIERS
174 The following options modify the -d command option above, and can be used
175 multiple times for more than one record.
178 Fetch specific record, given a record index number as seen in the -T state table.
179 Can be used multiple times to fetch specific records from a single database.
182 Same as -r, but also clears the record's dirty flags.
185 Delete the specified record using the index number as seen in the -T state table.
191 is part of the Barry project.
192 This manual page was written by Ian Darwin and Chris Frey.
195 http://www.netdirect.ca/software/packages/barry
197 Especially the caveats, and the call for developers and others
198 to help with the project.