P.S. Assuming the shell for the device supports it, the equivalent of DOS
.BAT files are shell scripts. The question is whether they can be stored on
the device for repeated use.
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wikipedia has a good overview and a list of BusyBox's implemented
> commands, Moose. It's here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox
>
> Mostly though, you're going to need unix/linux commands like:
>
> ls - which lists contents of a folder
> cp - which copies a file
> mv - which moves a file
> mkdir - which makes a directory
> rm - which removes a file
> rmdir - which removes a directory
>
> However, in BusyBox commands such as the above are given as arguments to
> the /bin/busybox executable, not standalone as given in unix and/or linux.
>
> Command details are here:
>
> http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html#commands
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> As I said, I ordered a RavPower WD01 WiFi storage thingie at the same
>> time as the iPad Mini.
>>
>> It's a multi-purpose device that can act as a WiFi router, act as WiFi
>> storage using SD cards and USB mass storage
>> devices, including powering portable HDDs, stream video to mobile
>> devices, transfer files back and forth between
>> attached storage and WiFi attached devices and recharge mobile devices
>> from it's own battery.
>>
>> It seems everyone else who has one uses it to stream video, often to
>> multiple devices at once, so I assume that works.
>> Although it has native apps for iThingies and Android, it may also be
>> operated via a web browser, so will work with
>> pretty much anything.
>>
>> My particular interest is in copying image files from SD cards to a
>> portable HDD.
>>
>> It does do what it claims. I can insert an SD card, connect a HDD, and
>> see files on both in it's app/browser interface.
>> The file management app is still rather opaque to me, but it appears that:
>>
>> It will copy files directly from one to the other internally.
>> Copying only the new day's files, without having to individually select
>> them, probably isn't happening.
>>
>> A reviewer on Amazon revealed that the little box runs BusyBox Unix. I
>> was able to Telnet into it and do a file/device
>> listing. This looks like it will be the best way to do my copying. Also,
>> it allows one to start the process and
>> disconnect, leaving it running, then telnet in to check progress/done.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I know next to nothing about Unix commands.
>>
>> It looks like the reviewer cleaned off his cards every day. So the copy
>> was simple, but there was only the one copy on
>> the HDD, no duplication/backup.
>>
>> I'm guessing there's a way to create a new directory with the current
>> date and copy only files with that date to it,
>> either in a compound command or something akin to a DOS .bat file. That
>> would make a lot more sense than just one big,
>> undifferentiated mess of files from many dates and cameras.
>>
>> I'd certainly like to at least semi-automate the process. In DOS, I could
>> just have a .bat file for each different camera.
>>
>> Any hints, links to good reference material, etc. from the Unix mavens
>> here?
>>
>> U. Clueless Moose
>>
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