pilot-manager

This is the first GUI palm sync program we will look at.

The first time you run pilot-manager (as a GUI ”it may be run as a command line utility ”run pilot-manager -? for details), the screen looks like Figure 16-1 . Once you read and close this screen, the main application screen comes up, also in a "first time" mode, to help point you at setup and use. That screen looks like Figure 16-2 .

Figure 16-1. First time you run pilot-manager.

Figure 16-2. First-run application screen.

Here, follow the program's advice. Select the Properties screen from the menu. The Properties screen looks like Figure 16-3 . This Properties screenshot shows the application configured for my system. Note that the program comes with a number of conduits that you may use to interface certain PDA applications with certain Linux applications. It is left as an exercise for you to explore these conduits .

Figure 16-3. Pilot-manager Properties screen.

After the first run, the application screen is more basic ( Figure 16-4 ).

Figure 16-4. Normal application screen.

To actually perform the sync, click on the hotsync icon. A sync status window will open that has a progress bar. It looks like Figure 16-5 . After the sync is completed, you will find the log of the sync on the main application screen ( Figure 16-6 ).

Figure 16-5. Sync progress window.

Figure 16-6. Main screen after sync.

The pilot-manager program is a perfectly sound option for Palm backup and synchroization.