install-expenses  - Install an expense record from various
       parameters and arguments passed at connection time.


SECTION

       pilot-link: Userland Conduits


SYNOPSIS

       install-expenses    [-p|--port     <port>]     [--version]
       [-q|--quiet]  [-?|--help]  [--usage]  [-t|--ptype  STRING]
       [-e|--etype  STRING]  [-a|--amount  STRING]   [-V|--vendor
       STRING] [-i|--city STRING] [-g|--guests NUMBER] [-n|--note
       STRING] [-c|--category STRING] [--replace]


DESCRIPTION

       install-expenses allows a Palm handheld with  the  Expense
       application  to  have  expense  records synchronized to it
       from the commandline. You  can  pass  any  of  the  fields
       (except  categories,  currently)  to  install-expenses and
       create new expense records on your Palm handheld.


OPTIONS

   INSTALL-EXPENSES OPTIONS
       -t, --ptype STRING
              Add entries to the "Payment Type" field. These  can
              be  in the form of "Cash", "Cheque" and others. See
              the Expense application on  your  Palm  device  for
              full details on payment types.

              Note  that  the  long name for this option has been
              renamed since 0.11.8.

       -e, --etype STRING
              Add entries to the "Expense Type" field. These  can
              be  in  the form of Airfare, Meals, and Others. See
              the Expense application on  your  Palm  device  for
              full details on expense types.

       -a, --amount STRING
              Add  currency amount entries to the "Amount" field.
              These can be in the form of 1.00 or "$10.00" and so
              on. See the Expense application on your Palm device
              for full details on amount types.

       -V, --vendor STRING
              Add  entries  to  the  "Vendor"  field.  These  are
              free-form  values, and can be the name of a restau-
              rant, an airline, or any other text value you  wish
              to use.

       -g, --guests DIGIT
              Add  the number of attendees to the expense record,
              identified by DIGIT. If you ate lunch with four (4)

       -i, --city STRING
              Add entries to the  "City"  field  in  the  expense
              record.  These are free-form values, and can be the
              name of  the  location,  city,  or  town  that  the
              expense record occured in.

       -n, --note STRING
              Add a "Note" entry to the expense record. These are
              free-form values, and can be some notes related  to
              the expense entry.

       -c, --category STRING
              Install  entries  into  the  named category defined
              here. See the  Expense  application  on  your  Palm
              device  for full details on using these categories.

       --replace
              Replace the entry found in the named category iden-
              tified by the --category option

              Note  that  the short name for this option has been
              removed since 0.11.8

   CONDUIT OPTIONS
       -p, --port <port>
              Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm
              handheld.     If    this    is    not    specified,
              install-expenses will look for the $PILOTPORT envi-
              ronment variable. If neither are found or supplied,
              install-expenses will print the usage  information.

       -q, --quiet
              Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

       --version
              Display  version  information  for install-expenses
              and exit without connecting.

   HELP OPTIONS
       -h, --help
              Display the help synopsis for install-expenses  and
              exit without connecting.

       --usage
              Display a brief usage message and exit without con-
              necting.


USAGE

       The program will connect to the Palm handheld, and install
       entries  into  the  Expense  application  based  on values
       passed to install-expenses arguments.
       install-expenses -p /dev/pilot -c Unfiled -t Cash -e Meals
       -a 10.00 -V McDonalds -g 21 -l "San Francisco" -N "This is
       a note"

       Installs a new expense; you are recording having 21 guests
       at McDonalds in the city of San Francisco for a meal which
       cost 10.00 units of your default currency and you added  a
       simple  note.  The  expense  will  take the default date -
       today.


AUTHOR

       install-expenses was written  by  community  authors,  the
       original author is unknown.

       This  manual page was written by Neil Williams linux@code-
       help.co.uk


REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs at: http://bugs.pilot-link.org


COPYRIGHT

       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.

       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., 59  Temple  Place,  Suite  330,
       Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA


SEE ALSO

       read-expenses (1), pilot-link(7).













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