01-14-2008, 01:01 PM | #16 | |
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http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/help...rsync_pc1.html note the warning about versions. |
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01-14-2008, 02:42 PM | #17 | |
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My problem is very simple. None of the synchronization software will sync a folder and a file when they have the same name. In fact, Windows does not allow to create a folder when there is a file with the same name. Whenever I access a paper on the Iliad, it will create a folder that has the same name with the file and put it in the folder. Next time I try to sync the CF and the PC, sync will not work because a file in the PC and a file in the CF share the same name. This is a rather big problem. I have 3,000+ reference papers in my collection (yes, after 10+ years in the academia, you collect a pile). I have those on a CF card (6+GB). Without being able to sync between the CF card and the PC, I have to manually handle any paper I add to my collection. It appears a lot of users are researchers who have a large collection of papers, and I would like to know how they handle this. Thanks. |
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01-14-2008, 07:33 PM | #18 |
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Correct - the idea was to use zotero as an simple way to carry the references on a flash drive, and be able to run it on any _PC_ that you may use (desktop/laptop). It doesn't exactly "solve" the sync issue, unless you just want to backup the flash drive every few days. If there could be an efficient parser to process the directories, you may be able to generate a "file listing" that was easy to navigate from within Zotero.
To address the sync issue: What about using rsync under cygwin? I personally haven't tried it, but here is a link: http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php and more info: http://www.itefix.no/cwrsync/ Windows used to have some sync tools - how about SyncToy: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...o/synctoy.mspx |
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How about a new way of looking at the problem. It's not perfect, but neither are any of the above options, and this one is super easy to implement.
I have a laptop with a card reader inserted into the expansion slot. This reader just lives in the laptop, as if it were built in. Instead of managing two working copies of the folders (one on the PC, one on the reader), use the card for all of your work. When working on the PC, put the card in the PC's card reader, when working on the reader, insert it into the reader. Now you are always working from the same PDF file, and it is actually easier to move the card around than to deal with connection cables, etc when attaching the iLiad. As far as backup goes, any backup utility should be able to simply back up the card when inserted into your PC. |
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@ig88: That's what I do (was doing), but with USB instead of CF.
But now that I am using samba on the iliad I just access it via the network, so no need to unplug it from the iliad. |
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01-23-2008, 07:24 PM | #21 |
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Hi ig88:
I agree with you. Your suggestion is perhaps the best option we have at this moment. I am currently doing this until I find a better, more elegant solution. Last edited by mr.giroro; 01-25-2008 at 07:08 PM. |
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what a nightmare. amazing you can't just browse a directory tree with pdf's stored on a memory card. the iliad could just create the scribbles files in these SAME directories (just like you would do on your desktop pc). too bad. thought i could sync my whole directory tree (with many many pdf files in different folders) with a card and use it on the iLiad. but this seems to be completely impossible. really disappointing.
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03-12-2008, 08:25 AM | #24 |
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Here's a basic template (attached).
Note that startpage refers to the name of the PDF file and you do not need a path as it is in the same folder as the manifest file. Title is what appears in the large title field in the contentlister and description is the one or two line description that appears in the contentlister. You can also add Code:
<image>name of image file</image> Code:
... <image>bmj.png</image> </y-metadata> ... |
03-12-2008, 08:42 AM | #25 | |
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rsync overwrites a file with the name mydoc.pdf with a folder with the name MYDOC.PDF (containing mydoc.pdf, manifest.xml, created by the iLiad). The other way around is not possible. So: - rsync your pdf files to the memory card - open pdf's on iliad and scribble etc creating folders - rsync the documents back to the pc which will replace pdf files with folders containing the pdf and the manifest file Disadvantage is that the folder structure is changed (files become folders containing the files on the pc side), but I don't mind too much. My only question now is if I can have a directory tree on my sd card with pdf files in many different folders. Contrary to my previous message I think now this is possible. rsync is in cygwin running on windows. it is a unix emulator. see www.cygwin.org. |
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03-12-2008, 08:49 AM | #26 |
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thanks so much for the manifest.xml
just tested whether copying with rsync works (see the discussion in the previous posts) - another solution. It does work, also on windows. On windows, unlike copy, rsync overwrites files with a name in lowercase by folders with the same name in upper case. So it is possible to 'sync back' from the memory card to the pc (deleting the original pdfs, replacing them with folders with the same name containing the same pdfs created by the iLiad). I need to test this a bit more, but I think this is a solution to the windows related problem. rsync is in the cygwin package (unix emulator), http://www.cygwin.org |
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03-27-2008, 05:58 AM | #28 | |
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I am following a different approach now: use zip / unzip (on cygwin). I can copy pdfs in this way to the memory card (whole directory tree, pdfs only, selected with a zip command line option), avoiding overwriting on the memory card (e.g. a file test.pdf on the pc will not overwrite a directory TEST.PDF on the memory card, unzip command line option). But I do NOT 'sync' back to my PC so far. Instead I just backup the pdf tree from the memory card to another folder on the pc. Harald |
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