Yomip

(Yet One More Impulsive Project)

A warning: This program is hard to use and requires Java. I'd like to make it easier to use, but I haven't yet.

Yomip is a utility that allows you to compress a file on your desktop into a PDB database file that you can store on your Palm device. The idea is that you can carry files around and beam them to other people. Here is a list of programs that will beam arbitrary databases:

• BeamBox, by Jeremy Radlow
• LaunchEm BeamMe plugin (requires LaunchEm, by Synergy Software)
• AltCtrlHack Pro

It uses GZIP compression, so it's essentially a GZ file packaged in a PDB file. So, in order to unpack it, you have but to strip off the first 0x108 (264) bytes off the file. Click here for utilities for doing this.

• Syntax: java org.gjt.jjt.yomip.Yomip [-r|-w] <filename>
• See the CVS source
• yomip.jar (version 0.1)

For example, if I wanted to put the PC file autoexec.bat onto my Palm Pilot, I would use:
$ java org.gjt.jjt.yomip.Yomip -w autoexec.bat
which would give me the file outfile.pdb.

If I wanted to extract autoexec.bat from that pdb file, I would use:
$ java org.gjt.jjt.yomip.Yomip -r outfile.pdb
and out would pop autoexec.bat.