>From the root of your Palm Desktop installation
the backup files are found in a directory based
on your Palm device' user name, then in a sub
directory named "backup", e.g. "c:\palm\Xyzzy\backup"
if your user name was "Xyzzy". If you don't use a
single name, it processes what you've got a little.
It tries to put the last name first & append the
first initial. (It also limits the last name to
six characters ... I think it's six ...) So
"Richard Hartman" backup would be in
c:\palm\HartmaR\backup
Now here's where it gets wierd. I said above
that it "trys" to put last name first. Really
it puts the -second- name first. So if you use
your middle initial, you may have trouble recognizing
the directory. My backup files (for "Richard M. Hartman")
are in
c:\palm\mR\backup
Finally, if you actually have located the backup
directory but are merely having problems identifying
the files, some characters may be transmuted ... and
I think there are some characters that are legal in
Palm file names that are NOT legal in PC file names.
(It's been a while since I think I ran into this,
maybe somebody else can back me up on it.)
There is a utility (pdbhdr.exe) that you can run
on the .PDB and .PRC files you find in the backup
directory to get the Palm file names, creator & type codes.
It can be found at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/9261
(sorry for not keeping it up to date ... who else
remembers Ray's Pilot Page? C'mon, raise your
hands...)
Anyway, if you know your file's creator code,
you can dump the info w/ pdbhdr and then just
scan by eye or use the "find" command (think
"simple-minded grep") to find your data. Here's
a real-world example. (Note that the find command
requries the quotes around it's argument)
P:\MR\backup>pdbhdr *.p?? | find "QMat"
QMate.PRC QMat appl QMate
QMateAccountsDB.PDB QMat QAcc QMateAccountsDB
QMateCategoriesDB.PDB QMat QCat QMateCategoriesDB
QMateCurrenciesDB.PDB QMat QCur QMateCurrenciesDB
QMateMemTransDB.PDB QMat QMem QMateMemTransDB
QMateTransactionsDB.PDB QMat QTrn QMateTransactionsDB
--
-Richard M. Hartman
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186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank S. Fejes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Thank you for your help. However, I do set the backup
> bit for all
> data files programmatically. I cannot seem to find the .pdb
> files anywhere
> on the hard disk after a HotSync, however. Of course, with
> backupbuddy
> everything is all peachy, but...I think something this basic should
> be doable with the standard software.
>
>
