Re: [coldsync-hackers] VFS hackery

[Andrew Arensburger <arensb+CShackers at ooblick dot com>]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 10:19:14PM -0400, Christophe Beauregard wrote:
> I've been playing around with some VFS conduits and I figure I'd see if I 
> can get some feedback on my approach (as usual, I'm tracking CVS here).
> 
> First conduit is called backup-vfs 
> (http://www3.sympatico.ca/lou.latendresse/coldsync/backup-vfs). In a 
> nutshell, it keeps a backup of any cards found during sync in 
> ~/.palm/<cardname>. It's a bit stupid right now (i.e. doesn't handle 
> deletions), but otherwise it works nicely except for performance (Palm sync 
> isn't the fastest way to move that much data, although my periodic system 
> lockups might just be telling me that VIA's got crappy USB support).
[...]
> Does this approach make any sense at all? Useful to anyone?

	I think it'd be useful to me: I have a Zire 71 with a camera.
My perennial problem is that I'll take a photo of something, then
forget to copy it to the desktop in a timely manner.

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