Re: [coldsync-hackers] Variables in Coldsync.conf

[Fred Gylys-Colwell <fredgc@ktb.net>]

On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 12:09:57PM -0500, Brian Johnson wrote:
> options {
>         CONDUIT_PATH:
> "$(CONDUITDIR):$(HOME)/.palm/conduits:/usr/share/coldsync-2.2.5/conduits";
> }
> 
> worked.  It doesn't like subdirectories below
> /usr/share/coldsync-2.2.5/conduits though - not a big deal to hard path them
> really.
> 
> 
> I couldn't get $(HOME) or ${HOME} to work - the log files show that it is
> trying for //.palm
> 
> It's a small issue I guess.
> 

I think that $(HOME) gets expanded to the home directory of the user
running coldsync.  Are you running it as root?

I don't have a solution to the problem, just more fuel for the fire.

It would probably take a special hack to coldsync to either read in
the users environment, or just set USER and HOME after it has figured
out who's palm is in the cradle.


-- Fred.


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