Re: Synce help.. SOLVED

[Keith Bates <keith@new-life.org.au>]

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:50:34 +1100
Keith Bates <keith@new-life.org.au> wrote:

> I am trying to use synce to copy files to and from a hand-held.
> 
> The help message is illuminating:
> 
> Syntax:
> 
>         synce-pcp [-d LEVEL] [-h] SOURCE DESTINATION
> 
>         -d LEVEL     Set debug log level
>                          0 - No logging (default)
>                          1 - Errors only
>                          2 - Errors and warnings
>                          3 - Everything
>         -h           Show this help message
>         SOURCE       The source filename
>         DESTINATION  The destination filename
> 
> I can get files to copy from hand-held to desktop.
> 
> eg.  synce-pcp -d 3 'Computer Hints.rtf' ~/Documents/bleagh.rtf
> 
> copies file "Computer Hints.rtf" to from the hand-held to my desktop's
> Documents folder.
> 
> Going the other way doesn't work
> 
> synce-pcp -d 3 ~/Documents/'Conference schedule.xls'  Conference.xls
> copes the file into my home directory on my desktop.
> 
> My question then is how do I use pcp to copy files back from desktop
> to the hand-held?
> 
> This is probably so obvious, but I can't see how to do it!
> 
> 

Solved the problem myself, after much googling.

The answer is that putting a colon : before the filename makes it find
the remote device.

Also if no directory is specified on the remote device, it assumes "My
Documents" as the default.



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