ubunt2 at gmail.com wrote:
>> Do it as another user,
> How exactly do i do that? whenever i open jpilot, it has the "palm"
> user loaded up.
>
I'm an old command line person, so maybe there are ways to do this under a
GUI.
One option is to run it under a different user. Create a user from the
System->Administration menu. From a terminal window you can do a "su -
newusername" to "become" that user and run jpilot from the command line.
You can also log out, and back on as another user, but that is time
consuming.
>> or set JPILOT_HOME to something.
>
> How do i do this?
>
>> I usually use a script like:
>>export JPILOT_HOME=/home/judd/clie
>>jpilot
> How do you make a script like that?
>
This is another way to do it.
Open up an editor, maybe "Applications->Accessories->Text Editor, and type
these couple lines.
#!/bin/bash
export JPILOT_HOME=~/clie
jpilot
Save it as whatever you want to call it somewhere in your executable path.
Lets call it jclie
Then do a mkdir clie from your home directory in a terminal window. Also
a chmod +x jclie.
Now, when you run this jclie (run it by typing it in) it will run a jpilot
with the clie directory as its "home" location. This is where it will
store its files. In a sense, its a separate instance of jpilot.
>
> I'm a linux user who has not much idea of things beyond point and click.
>
>
>>You can either install the datebook, todo, etc pdb files from a jpilot
>>backup onto the clie, or you can use pilot-xfer to backup the Palm brand
>>and install the files onto the Sony brand.
>
> Is there any difference in the 2 ways you mentioned? Is one easier
> than the other?
I like command line tools, like pilot-xfer myself. If you're a point and
click, aim later person, you might like the jpilot method.
> How does one use pilot-xfer to backup and then install?
>
pilot-xfer -b {backup_dir} will backup a palm to a directory. Replace
{backup_dir} with your directory name of choice.
pilot-xfer -i {file} will install a file to a Palm. You can use this to
put the pdb, and prc files onto the clie.
With jpilot you could do a backup of the old Palm. It will store the
files in ~/.jpilot/backup/. There are prc files, and pdb files. The prc
files are programs. You might want to install some of those on the clie.
Many of them may not be compatible. Only do the ones that you know what
they are. The pdb files you'll want to install are Datebook,
AddressDB.pdb, DatebookDB.pdb, ToDoDB.pdb, and MemoDB.pdb. These are the
4 main button applications. You may want others.
BTW, "~" is a unix shortcut for your home directory.
To install them into the clie you would run jclie and from the menu choose
to install these files.
I'm assuming that your Palm device has the older applications, such as
Datebook, and not Calendar. Let me know if thats not the case.
>
> Thank you very much for your patience with these questions.
No problem. I hope this made some sense.
Judd
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