On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Alastair Scott wrote: > >Does anybody know how to have the plucker files installed to the > >/Palm/Programs/Plucker on a card at hotsync or how to automate moving the > >files there? It's becoming a little tedious using Filez everytime I hotsync > >them. > > Depends what OS you're using :)
And also depends on the PDA used... I use HandEra. Any ideas? MB > If you're using Linux it's easy once you know how; with the Clie > switched on and in the cradle you start MS Import then mount the card > as a removable filesystem: > > mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 <directory> (as root) > > which allows you to browse the MS in <directory> (you have to create < > directory, as root, before mounting to it) > > then copy the file(s) thus: > > cp *.pdb <directory>/Palm/Programs/Plucker (as root) > > I use a couple of batch files to automate the plucking, mounting and > moving. > > (With Linux Mandrake 9.0, which I'm currently beta testing, it'll be > even easier as the card will be automatically detected and mounted on > bootup, so you don't need to create <directory> and don't need the > mount command; an icon will appear on your Gnome or KDE desktop and > you can drag files into it). > > With Windows I believe you can use one of Sony's utilities to 'see' > the MS (same drill with MS Import) as a drive letter. Then a DOS > batch file could do the copy ... > > Alastair -- Martin Bodlak, Ostrava, Czech Republic http://bodlak.hyperlink.cz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Navstivte take http://www.palmknihy.cz/ _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
