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.TH PALMSRV 4 .SH NAME palmsrv \- packet link to Palm device on serial connection .SH SYNOPSIS .B palm/palmsrv [ .B -D ] [ .BI -d " device" ] [ .BI -s " speed" ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Palmsrv serves packet link connections to a Palm device connected on the given .I device (default: .BR "/dev/eia0" ) at the given .I speed (default: 57600 baud). Client applications open .B /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. .PP The server can be shut down by writing the text .B exit to the file .BR /chan/palmsrv : .IP .EX echo -n exit >/chan/palmsrv .EE .PP .SH FILES .B /chan/palmsrv .SH SOURCE .B /appl/cmd/palm/palmsrv.b .SH SEE ALSO .IR palmfile (2) .SH BUGS It does not yet support USB. .br It does not tickle the Palm when there are long delays.