On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 02:37:29PM -0800, Dave Carrigan wrote:
> Brian Mathis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I guess I'm curious about why you'd need to go through all the trouble to
> > avoid a hotsync to install something? It's the standard way to install
> > stuff. Since I can't think of any reasons, I'm curious about the reasons
> > of people trying to do this.
>
> If i want to get a .prc onto my pilot quickly, I don't want to drop it
> into the hotsync folder, hit the hotsync button, and wait for it to sync
> every database on my Pilot. Especially if I've also got some kind of
> conduit that takes a while to sync (avantgo, email, etc.). I also don't
> want to disable all my conduits just so I can quickly sync a single
> file.
>
> I'm a unix command-line guy, and I really like doing
>
> pilot-xfer -i somefile.prc
But you must start HotSync on the palm for this to work. Pilot-xfer
uses hotsync, but only does what you tell it to.
> I think windows users would also find it convenient if they could
> right-click a .prc and do "Send To Palm" and it would immediately
> install that file on the Palm, completely bypassing the Hotsync manager.
One of the features in ZBoxZ (palmboxer.sourceforge.net) is a YModem
upload - you need to tap and install the uploaded PRC files.
Also there are IrOBEX clients for the PC, and for linux. You could
use that to beam the prc.
These do bypass the hotsync manager.
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