On Sat, 5 Jul 2008, Chris Frey wrote: > Thanks for these changes. I took a quick look at the package, and > noticed that now the -p option is required, otherwise you end up with > an empty -p command line option, if I'm reading the code right. The > -p option should only be added if the user specifies it.
actually, it should otherwise probe for the pin if the -p option is not given, but this only really needs to be done in barrybkup, not the other programs. and is the pin always an 8 digit hex number (or is that just my pin)? if so, i could add some error-checking. i'd also like to see the output of just "btool" when 2 and 3 devices are plugged in. > > one odd thing i've noticed: the record type on *all* databases is > > usually 08 00, but sometimes they are *all* 07 00 (while in your > > file bb_task_format.txt you list 09 00). any idea what this is > > about? > > The "rec type" in bb_task_format.txt is mis-named. That is actually > what I call the socket number, and can change at the whim of the > device. It is usually consistent, but the device tells btool what > number to use, so it could change for some reason internal to the > device. > > The socket number is merely part of the communications protocol, and > should not be saved in the backup. > > The bb_task_format.txt file was a patch sent before tasks parsing was > supported, as I recall, and it is probably out of date. The best > place to find the format of task records would be in the r_task.h and > r_task.cc files. (sorry, it's code, not english) :-) thanks for explaining. > I took another look at btool's DataDumpParser, and it dumps the whole > response packet to stdout, instead of just the data portion. This > probably makes the work harder for you, when the offset to the actual > data is sitting right there in the ParseFields() arguments. > > It wouldn't be hard to display the offset too, but I suspect that > would break your script. probably. but i'm not following what you're saying. if i print the offset, i always get 'f', which means nothing to me however i look at it. i mentioned in another email that i've written a significantly faster version, but it's not quite ready for distribution, and requires modification of data.cc and data.h (to display binary instead of hex dumps). -ashley -- No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
