JustInTime Set Palm time from UNIX
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Set Palm time from UNIX JustInTime is a small tool that allows you to set the Palm time from a host running UNIX (or any other platform capable to run pilot-xfer).INSTALLATION:I recommend to install this plugin along with jpilot itself, which can be done the following way:1.) Go to the JPilot source directory.2.) configure,make,make install jpilot3.) Unpack the JustInTime plugin for JPilot tar -xzf JPilot-JustInTime.tgz4.) Go to this directory cd JustInTime5.) ./configure6.) make7.) make install8.) Install the justintime.prc file on your pilot by whatever way normally install programs on your Palm. pilot-xfer /dev/pilot -i justintime.prc9.) (re)start JPilot10.) done.General UsageOnce the program is installed, you do not need to worry about it any more.Whenever you start the changed version of pilot-xfer with the option -t, pilot-xfer will compute the time difference between your Palm and the host and store this information in a small database on the Palm.If you are using JPilot and have the JustInTime JPilot Plugin installed, you don't need the pilot-xfer stuff.Installing this database will notify JustInTime, which itself again starts an (invisible) alarm a few seconds later. During this alarm the computed difference will be added to the current time and the now obsolete database will be deleted. That's all, folks.HOW IT WORKS:Normally you should be able to set the time using with a far simpler plugin like the one Judd Montgomery wrote in this SyncTime tool. However, setting the time during HotSync is broken for some Palm devices.This plugin gets the current time from the Palm and determines the clock skew against the host. The time difference is being written into a small DB block which is being used by the Palm part of the tool to set the Palm time automatically *after* the HotSync. The now useless database is being removed afterwards.Known BugsSometimes the HotSync Manager crashes after the reception of a new time. Still have to figure that out...When the HotSync Button is pressed after starting pilot-xfer, pilot-xfer sometimes aborts before connecting properly. (Workaround: press HotSync before starting pilot-xfer as with POSE). What's New in This Release: · Added standalone Version for usage with pilot-link 0.11.x, thanks to Noah Friedman

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