I use BackupBuddy. It lets you specify which files not to backup.
Otherwise it will backup everything.
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To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 4:12 AM
Subject: RE: Replacing the Backup Conduit
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> >A problem would occur if a user installs a lot of data (such as a bible)
> >from his local PC. The next time he modem hotsyncs, he would be could be
> >uploading 1000 times more data than usual (say 3MB as opposed to 3KB). As
he
> >will be sharing a line with other users, this could cause problems.
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> >It strikes me that in this instance we just do not want to run the backup
> >conduit at all. But their is no no obvious way to turn it off. It does
not
> >appear in the Hotsync Manager's Custom dialog, nor is it listed by the
> >Conduit Configuration Manager.
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> >Documentation on the Knowledgebase states that the backup conduit is
> >BAKCN20.DLL, and the dependency walker shows that this DLL has the
standard
> >entry points for a conduit. Now it would be quite easy to replace this by
a
> >conduit that does nothing...
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> >Has anyone tried this? Is there a better solution? Or can anyone see an
> >obvious reason why it would not work?
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> Reset the Backup Bit of the prc's and pdb's, and there will be no backup
during
> hotsync.
> There are several Tools working on the Palm connected organizer or on the
> desktop.
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> Kind Regards
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> Juergen Schwister / Cologne / Germany
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