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Question

I have an ipod mini 4g. I have installed podzilla on it. I am using windows and i can't seem to use this program cygwin to move files to directorys. If there is a way for me to use windows browser to move files to and from thede directorys please tell me if not does anyone know if i can download a file browser for windows that does? If you can't help me here please tell me how to do it in cygwin. Thanks.

I think i may of craked it but any other help would be admired. Just have to try this program on my ipod.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if we are talking about the same “cygwin”. But as much as I know, cygwin is an open source project to simulate a Linux shell in windows environment. So it means that you can use Linux commands in it. In a linux shell for file manipulation tasks such as copying and stuff we use a set of commands. I introduce some of them here. If your cygwin program is a commad line window that I'm talking about, then if you type these commands into it, it will work.
Global tips:
these tips are true for all of commands:
1.if a file name contains a space “ “, then you should place the whole file name in quotation marks (""), or you can escape the space character by using a backslash “\”.
For example if you want to copy the file c:\my file.zip It won't work you should say “c:\my file.zip” or you could use this one c:\my\ file.zip
2.whenever you want to specify every character, you could say “*”. this is a wild card which means what ever. For example if you want to delete every file whose name starts with project, you could say delete project* . So it will delete the file project.zip, and the file project_1.pdf and the file project_my_txt.
or if you want to specify all files whose names have a “birth” in it, no matter where. You can say: *birth* . So it will choose files my_birth, birthday, birth_day.doc , ....
3.whenever a command hanged (crushed), press ctrl+c to stop that command.

Command 1: list files “ls”
usage: ls [list of parameters] (press enter enter)
description: in the command line type “ls” and press Enter to see the list of files in the current directory.
Parameters:
-l lists more information
-a shows all files and folders, also hidden files.
, ....
sample:
ls
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command 2: change directory “cd”
usage: cd folder_name (press enter)
description: in the command line type “cd”, followed by the name of the folder to go in. this command in used to navigate through folders. If you want to go to a higher level of folder type “cd ..”
samples:
1. if you are in a folder that has a subfolder named “musics”, you would type this command to go into that folder: cd my_folder (enter)
2. if you have a subfolder named “my folder”, in order to go into that subfolder you must type:
cd “my folder” (enter)
or cd my\ folder (enter)
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Command 3: copy “cp”
usage: cp [list of parameters] source_files destination_files (press enter)
description: in the command line type “cp” followed by list of parameters (if needed only), followed by the files that you want to make copies from, and then the destination folder to create the copies. Then press enter.
Parameters:
-r to copy a folder
,...
samples:
cp “d:\my files\my_resume.pdf” “c:\my documents\my_resume.pdf”
cp -r music_folder c:\
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command 4: remove “rm”
usage: rm [list of parameters] files_to_remove (press enter)
description: use this command to delete files. Type “rm” followed by list of parameters (only when needed) followed by the name of the files to be deleted.
Parameters:
-r to delete a folder
-f to force the deletion task
,...
samples:
rm -r my_music_folder (enter)
rm “my resume.pdf” (enter)
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command 5: rename a file “rename”
usage: rename the_text_to_be_replaced the_new_name what_files (press enter)
description: use this command to rename files. First you must specify what text you want to search and replace in the file name, it could be a part of the name, or the whole name. Then you specify what text should replace the text you just specified. And at last you specify on which files, this replacement should occur.
Samples:
i have a file named “my_old_resume.pdf” and i want to rename it to “my_new_resume.pdf”, so I type this command:
rename “old” “new” my_old_resume.pdf

you can find more help from www.cygwin.com

Answer 2

The IPOD will not trx with windows and cygwin withing the IPOD environment. CYGWIN is not the best tkso for the mini 4g.

Answer 3

Wish I could help you but my ipod mini is just being used for music and I dont know about the other programs you mentioned.

Answer 4

I am electronically retarded but, did you check the Windows Support Website? They usually have an answer for everything :-)

Answer 5

wish i can help you but i don't know much about electronics myself. make sure u're posting your questions in the right categories.