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Old 10-29-2015, 02:49 PM   #14
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Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Voyage
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Originally Posted by knc1 View Post
  • Connect Kindle to PC with USB cable
  • At the top level (next to the 'documents' directory) create a directory with the name:
    testWrite.txt
    Use exactly that name, exactly that capitalization and extension.
  • Enter the just made testWrite.txt directory
  • Create an empty, hidden, file with the name:
    .keep
    Use exactly that name.
  • Set that name to 'read-only'
  • Return to the top level directory
  • Set the testWrite.txt directory to read-only
Naive question: why do these tricks work? Why doesn't the software just check if file is dir and delete it. Because it can't chmod it? Why doesn't it just write somewhere it has privilege?
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