----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Darnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: HotSync via DOS?
> On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 09:36:52AM -0600, Howard Shaw wrote:
> > The pilot-link programs available on Linux are simple C code, and should
be
> > able to be recompiled for DOS use, with minimal changes.
> >
> > If more structure to the HotSync is desired, there is a very nice Python
> > package called PyRite, which includes Python code for doing the HotSync,
> > including the ability to define plug-ins for your app, in a manner
similar
> > to the Windows HotSync dlls. Since Python is available for Windows, you
> > might grab it. I think the windows binaries will probably work on DOS
> > machines, if you stay away from the graphical stuff.
>
> The Windows binaries of Python require Windows. There is a DOS port of
> Python, although it is (was?) difficult to make extension modules such
> as Pyrite for it, due to the lack of dynamic loading. Also, Pyrite has
> not even been ported to Windows yet. Recompiling pilot-link on DOS is
> probably your best bet. I suggest you use DJGPP
> (http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/) to compile it, as it provides a very
> unix-like environment.
Agreed, but incidentally, the current versions of Pyrite, to the best of my
knowledge, no longer require extension modules. The auther originally used
the pilot-link packages for the sync, but has since rewritten the process in
pure Python. So if Python could be constrained to run on the DOS platform,
Pyrite should work unchanged, or mostly unchanged.
But yes, the most likely to succeed is pilot-link.
>
> -Ben
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> Ben Darnell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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