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Originally Posted by mr.giroro
Exactly! This is what I have been trying to do. I hit a road block in step (iii) because all the synchronization software refused to do the step (iii). If the folder in the source folder (CF) has the same name as the file in the destination folder (PC), Windows does not allow the folder to be copied into the destination folder. If the source and the destination folders have files with the same name, it is not a problem because any synchronization software will simply copy the newer file onto the older one. However, if one is a folder and the other is a file, Windows does not do that.
I tried to search for RSYNC for Windows, but couldn't find it. Even if it has the Windows version, I somewhat doubt if it would do this because it is really Windows' limitation.
I am wondering how others do this. Synchronization is crucial for people with many papers, and I cannot imagine how one can use Iliad without this functionality (especially scholars and researchers).
Thank you for your continuing advice and help.
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Just tested it with rsync. It seems to work.
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.