Copy to and from the Journal: Difference between revisions
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To go to the directory you saved the file in. Then type |
To go to the directory you saved the file in. Then type |
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python copy-to-journal.py FILENAME - |
python copy-to-journal.py FILENAME -g -t TITLE |
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* '''FILENAME''' is the name you saved in the filesystem, |
* '''FILENAME''' is the name you saved in the filesystem, |
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* '''MIMETYPE''' is the [[Mimetype]] (eg txt or pdf). |
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* '''TITLE''' is the name you want in the journal. |
* '''TITLE''' is the name you want in the journal. |
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* '''-g''' means *guess* the mime-type (via the <tt>file</tt> command) |
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If you want to specify the mime-type explicitly, just add <tt>-m</tt> '''MIMETYPE''' instead of <tt>-g</tt> |
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PS: A minor patch that makes it unnecessary to specify the MIMETYPE (it figures it out from the file extension) has been proposed by [[User:Vorburger]] on [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/012173.html devel mailing list]. Here is the [http://www.vorburger.ch/olpc/copy-to-journal.py enhanced copy-to-journal.py script], and the [http://www.vorburger.ch/olpc/copy-to-journal.py.diff diff for it] |
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==Copy from Journal script== |
==Copy from Journal script== |
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</imagemap>Copy to Journal Script
This Python script by Reinier Heeres and Phil Bordelon seems to do the trick.
This allows you to copy files from Linux to the Journal Activity filesystem.
To use it, save it using the name copy-to-journal.py. Save it in /home/olpc using the Opera web browser. Go to the Terminal Activity, and type
cd /home/olpc
To go to the directory you saved the file in. Then type
python copy-to-journal.py FILENAME -g -t TITLE
- FILENAME is the name you saved in the filesystem,
- TITLE is the name you want in the journal.
- -g means *guess* the mime-type (via the file command)
If you want to specify the mime-type explicitly, just add -m MIMETYPE instead of -g
Copy from Journal script
This Python script allows you to copy files from the Journal to the Linux filesystem.
To use it, save it using the name copy-from-journal.py. Save it in /home/olpc using the Opera web browser. Go to the Terminal Activity, and type
cd /home/olpc
To go to the directory you saved the file in. Then type
python copy-from-journal.py -t NAME
But replace NAME with the name you saved in the Journal.
Links
You can find another version of these scripts at http://xoexperience.blogspot.com/2008/02/copy-files-to-and-from-journal.html .