palmsrv - packet link to Palm device on serial connection
SYNOPSIS
palm/palmsrv
[
-D
] [
-d device
] [
-s speed
]
DESCRIPTION
Palmsrv
serves packet link connections to a Palm device connected on the given
device
(default:
/dev/eia0)
at the given
speed
(default:
57600 baud).
Client applications open
/chan/palmsrv
to obtain a connection.
Each write must contain the data portion of a single Packet Assembly-Disassembly Protocol message
containing a Desklink protocol request.
If the device rejects the request, the write returns a diagnostic; otherwise,
a subsequent read will retrieve the reply.
The server can be shut down by writing the text
exit
to the file
/chan/palmsrv: