[coldsync-hackers] Re: autorescue

[Alessandro Zummo <azummo-coldsync2 at towertech dot it>]

 On 19-Apr-02 at 03:56:31,
  Alex Tronin <at@urbis.net> wrote:


> My 2 cents:
>> mm.. i'm not sure of what are the functionalities we expect from
> autorescue. let's try to elaborate. Purpose of auto-rescue is to restore
> Palm as it was from last Backup. ( We will be unable to restore categories
> changed, but it is already discussed )


> I would propose the following for auto-rescue - minimal, but good enough.
> Scenario - you lost your PDA or hard-resetted it.

>1) If Hot_Sync_name
> blank and user_id is 0 - install ChName on PDA 

>2) User sets his
> Hot_sync_name using ChName and syncs again ( user_id should be left 0 )

> 3) If Hot_Sync_name blank and user_id is 0 - ColdSync picks Backup
> directory by Hot_Sync_name and installs everything in it to PDA It is
> quite possible to pickup Backup directory by other fields - like Serial
> number, but Hot Sync seems to be natural. Of course - only limitation that
> it must be unique.

I would like to keep the thing generic... without
forcing the anyone to use ChName . btw, how can you
distinct from1  and 3?

-- 

  - alex.



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