ZoneO-tips for Mandriva Linux

I have been taking pictures with my Palm Pilot, but there is no way to get them into my linux computer! Is there any easy solution?

 
 

Well, as far as I know, there is no graphical interface to do this, but it is not particularly difficult. If you synchronize your palm with the KDE utility, kpilot, your photographs will be stored in

~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/SYNCNAME/

where SYNCNAME is your Palm user name. In this folder, you will find a series of file with names ending with .jpg.pdb: they are your pictures.

You have to convert them though. To do this, you have to use a utility called pilot-foto. Here is the full outline of the procedure:

• open a terminal window (Figure 1)
• create a directory to hold the pictures in your home directory: mkdir ~/PalmPictures/
• move into the directory with your Palm backup: cd ~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/SYNCNAME/ (SYNCNAME will be your Palm Pilot username)
• copy the pictures into the folder you created: cp *.jpg.pdb ~/PalmPictures/
• move into this directory: cd ~/PalmPictures/
• convert them all to jpeg:
  foreach file (*.jpg.pdb)
pilot-foto -c $file
end
• delete the old palm files: rm *.jpg.pdb

And you are done! You will have all the pictures you had on your Palm Pilot in jpeg format in your ~/PalmPictures/ directory. From there, you can go back to the graphical interface and forget about the command line. For more information: KPilot homepage Pilot-foto man page Pilot-link homepage

09/2005 Corrected: 11/2005