Re: Uuploading files to a palm - How to?

["Adriano Varoli Piazza" <moranar gmail com>]

2007/1/23, David A. Desrosiers <desrod gnu-designs com>:
> On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 13:08 +0100, Adriano wrote:
> > How can I upload files from the computer to the Palm (a Palm m500
> > PDA)? I might be a bit dense, but the obvious didn't work.
>
> Since the Palm has no notion of "files", your question probably needs a
> bit more clarification...
>
> But I think you meant to say "How do I install applications on the
> Palm?", and that can be done with gpilotd-install-file using GNOME, or
> pilot-xfer if you choose to go that route (make sure you kill the
> gpilotd process first, they will directly fight for contention of the
> port when your Palm connects).
>
> On devices with an external storage card, you can use the latest
> pilot-link's support for VFS to write "real files" to the card, but
> you'll need to be careful about how your Palm handles them.
>
> For example, copying a .jpg file to your SD card won't necessarily mean
> that the Palm Photos application can see and display that file. It has
> to be in the right place, indexed by the Photos application and so on,
> before it can be seen. Likewise for ebooks that must exist in specific
> directories on your SD card for applications to see them.
>
> pilot-xfer --help should have some detail, and the manpage will have
> more, including examples. If any detail is missing, let me know and I'll
> add it as best as I can, without turning the manpage into a HOWTO.

Thanks for the detailed answer. I did figure out I needed to transform
my files to stuff the palm could read, so I used txt2pdbdoc and then
synced as explained in the original reply to my question. I'll try
pilot-xfer and see what it does.

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