Palm Pilot Flat-File Database Utilities
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This package contains several utilities that allow you to convert text
files to and from several different Palm Pilot flat-file database
formats. The two formats currently supported are:

  The "DB" open source database
  http://vger.rutgers.edu/~tdyas/pilot/

  MobileDB
  http://www.mobilegeneration.com/

Complete documentation for using the conversion utilities is provided
in the "manual.txt" file in the "docs" subdirectory. Windows users
should have several .exe files in this top-level directory. UNIX users
will need to follow the build instructions listed below in order to
get a set of executable programs.


Resources (Web and Email)
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You can always find the latest version of this package at the
following URL:

  http://vger.rutgers.edu/~tdyas/pilot/

You can also join a mailing list for the discussion of this package by
sending the line "subscribe pilot-db" in the body of a message to
majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu. The subject does not matter. You can post
to the mailing list by sending mail to pilot-db@vger.rutgers.edu. You
can unsubscribe at any time by sending the line "unsubscribe pilot-db"
to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu.


Compiling on UNIX
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You will need a C++ compiler on your system which supports the STL and
exceptions. Then all you need to do to compile the package is the
following:

  ./configure
  make

You can then install the utilities by running the following command:

  make install


Compiling on Windows
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You will need Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 or higher. A workspace file is
stored in the "win32" subdirectory. Open this file and then just build
the projects as you normally would.
