def parse_palmdb(filename):
import palm
db = palm.Database(filename)
return db
#
# http://www.angelfire.com/ego2/idleloop/archives/mbp_file_format.txt
#
# FMT = '>4sIiIIIiIiBBBBiiiiII'
FMT = '>4sIiH2BIIiI8B4i2I'
TYPES = ('DATA', 'BKMK', 'PUBL', 'COVE', 'CATE', 'ABST', 'GENR', 'TITL',
'AUTH')
TAGS = ('EBAR', 'EBVS', 'ADQM')
import glob
import struct
import palm
for f in (glob.glob("/media/Kindle/documents/*.mbp")):
db = palm.Database(f)
#print struct.unpack(FMT, db.records[0].data)
print "\n\n%s" % f
for rec in db.records:
print "\nrecord %d" % rec.uid
t = rec.data[:4]
(l, ) = struct.unpack(">I", rec.data[4:8])
print("%s %d" % (t, l))
if len(rec.data) < 9:
continue
tag = rec.data[8:12]
if tag in TAGS:
if tag == 'EBAR':
print 'EBAR: %d+%d' % (struct.unpack(">II", rec.data[12:20]))
else:
print tag