Re: [coldsync-hackers] Delete Database in a Conduit?

[Ingo Oeser <ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 05:46:39AM -0400, Andrew Arensburger wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 11:30:05AM +0200, Ingo Oeser wrote:
> > is there any possibility to delete a database in a conduit?
> 
> 	Yes, but you'll need to do this in a Sync conduit. Plus,
> ColdSync/SPC.pm doesn't have a function for the DlpDeleteDB command,
> so you'll need to add that yourself.

Wouldn't it be more clean to add a new flavor "delete", which
deletes a database on the palm, once we return the "Ok"
equivalent for coldsync conduits?

Rationale:
   - For some databases you will always force a "Desktop replaces
     Palm Copy" or even delete if, once the desktop decides that
     the Palm does not need it anymore[1].
     
   - Sync-Conduit is not possible, because the database might not
     exist on the palm, yet.

   - Delete is the logical counterpart of install conduits here,
     which is missing for symmetry ;-)


If you are not really happy about a new conduit flavor (which is
completly understandable, because it involves MANY changes), an
argument equivalent to "-I -z" for the generic (install) conduit
would suffice for MY needs, but not all. 

I just don't like to have it on the command line, because I would
like to use the hotplugging stuff and don't want this behavior
for ALL conduits.

If it annoys me enough, I'm going to implement one of these
method. I just like to know, for which patches would be more
welcome ;-)


Regards

Ingo Oeser

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