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I wanted to transfer multiple files from my Toppy to my pc overnight. The kids complain if I use turbo mode as they lose the use of the remote.

As puppy only accepts a single file, it seemed a good idea to wrap puppy in a script. Here are 2 scripts that I use: Copy them to a directory that is is your path when you log into the slug.

Please understand that my scripting abilities are limited: feel free to offer suggestions. You should also study them as you may want to delete some of the code.

Both scripts understand -h as an option. It displays help. Files on the toppy are in ProgramFiles, DataFiles or MP3 so I called these AREAS and gave them shortcuts: p, d & m.

A directory listing with a difference:

pdir [-a area] [-d] [-f] dir[/dir...]

-a allows you to enter an AREA. Use d, p or m for the areas listed above (-a d is the default). If you have created another high level directory then use its (case sensitive) name.

-d will list only directories in sorted order

-f will list only filenames in sorted order

dir[/dir...]There are also sub-directories and they can have sub-directories: So you can specify movie or drama/AllSaints.

Note: You can specify -d & -f but I dont know why you would want to.

If no options are specified, then the output from puppy is not modified. 

 #!/bin/sh 
 # 
 area=d
 ld=0
 lf=0

 while [ $# != 0 ]
 do
        case $1 in
                -a)     area=$2; shift;;
                -a*)    area=`echo $1|sed -e 's/-a//'`;;
                -d)     ld=1;;
                -f)     lf=1;;
                -h)     echo Usage: pdir [-a [area]] [-d] [-f] [-h] [path]
                        echo -e "-a\tMain area [D]ataFiles (default) [P]rogramFiles [M]P3"
                        echo -e "-d\tList directories only"
                        echo -e "-f\tList files only"
                        echo -e "-h\tDisplay this help"
                        echo -e "path\tDirectory path to list (case sensitive) use / to separate dirs"
                        exit;;
                *)      path=$1;;
        esac

        shift
 done

 case $area in
        d|D)    area=DataFiles;;
        p|P)    area=ProgramFiles;;
        m|M)    area=MP3;;
 esac

 path=`echo $path | tr / \\`

 if [ $ld -eq 1 ]
 then
        puppy -c dir "$area\\$path" | sed -e '/^f/d' | cut -b49- | sort
 fi

 if [ $lf -eq 1 ]
 then
        puppy -c dir "$area\\$path" | sed -e '/^d/d' | cut -b49- | sort
 fi

 if [ $ld -eq 0 -a $lf -eq 0 ]
 then
        puppy -c dir "$area\\$path" | sort
 fi

 exit

To retrieve multiple files:

pget [-t] [-a area] [-s sdir[/sdir...]] [-n name] target

-t turbo mode off

-a allows you to enter an AREA. Use d, p, m for the areas listed above. If you have created another high level directory then use its (case sensitive) name.

-s sub directory path (case sensitive) eg drama/AllSaints.

-n partial name (case insensitive)

target The directory to receive the toppy's files.

If no options are specified, then all files in the DataFiles area are transferred to the target directory. 

 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # Copy files from Toppy to somewhere
 #
 area=d
 sdir=
 nme=
 tgt=
 fst=1
 tmp=/tmp/names

 while [ $# != 0 ]
 do
        case $1 in
                -a)     area=$2; shift;;
                -a*)    area=`echo $1|sed -e 's/-a//`;;
                -s)     sdir=$2; shift;;
                -s*)    sdir=`echo $1|sed -e 's/-s//'`;;
                -n)     nme="$2"; shift;;
                -n*)    nme=`echo $1|sed -e 's/-n//'`;;
                -t)     fst=;;
                -h)     echo "Usage: pget [-a area] [-p path] [-n partial name] target"
                        echo "-a Specify area [D]ataFiles (def), [P]rogramFiles, [M]P3 or top level dir"
                        echo "-s Specify sub directory or sub-dir path (in full using / and case sensitive)"
                        echo "-n specify part of a file name (case insensitive) \* for all files"
                        echo "-t Turbo mode off"
                        echo "-h Display this help"
                        echo target is destination directory for files
                        exit;;
                *)      tgt=$1;;
        esac
        shift
 done

 # I dont want to fill my flash drive if I forgot to mount a smb fs.

 if [ "$tgt" != "" ] && [ -d $tgt ]
 then
        lne=`mount | grep smbfs | grep smbfs`

        if [ "$lne" = "" ]
        then
                echo Warning: No smb file systems mounted
                echo -e "Continue? \c"
                read ANS
                if [ "$ANS" = "y" -o "$ANS" = "Y" ]
                then
                        :
                else
                        echo Aborting
                        exit
                fi
        fi
 else
        if [ -e $tgt ]
        then
                echo Target must be a directory.
                exit
        else
                echo -e "Create target directory $tgt? \c"
                read ANS
                if [ "$ANS" = "y" -o "$ANS" = "Y" ]
                then
                        mkdir -p $tgt
                else
                        echo Aborting
                        exit
                fi
        fi
 fi


 if [ "$nme" = ""  ]
 then
        echo -e "No file name specified!"
        echo -e "Copy all files from area $area, dir $sdir? \c"
        read ANS

        if [ "$ANS" = "y" -o "$ANS" = "Y" ]
        then
                :
        else
                echo Aborting
                exit
        fi
 elif [ "$nme" = "*" ]
 then
        nme=
 fi

 case $area in
        d|D)    area=DataFiles;;
        p|P)    area=ProgramFiles;;
        m|M)    area=MP3;;
 esac

 trap "rm -f $tmp" 0 1 2 3
 cmd="pdir -a $area -f \"$sdir\" ${nme:+| grep -i \"$nme\"} > $tmp"

 #echo $cmd

 eval $cmd

 if [ ! -s $tmp ]
 then
        echo "No files to copy - check Directory and/or name (use -n \* or -n* for all files)"
        exit
 fi

 3<$tmp

 while
        read file <&3
 do

 #       cmd="puppy ${fst:--t} -c get \"$area\\$sdir\\$file\" \"$tgt/$file\""

        cmd="puppy -t -c get \"$area\\$sdir\\$file\" \"$tgt/$file\""
        echo $cmd
        eval $cmd

        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
        then
                puppy -c cancel
                puppy -c cancel
        fi
 done

 exit

Because I use a flash drive, I must transfer any files to another pc. So, there is some code to check if I have mounted target as a samba share (mounts are lost on reboot).

If the target does not exist, it will offer to create it.

I normally use pdir a few times to work out where things are and then use pget to copy them. The shell allows you to combine multiple statements on one line. Separate the statements by a semi-colon. eg pget -n kate /gw; pget -s movie -n red /gw transferred kate & leopold and red october to my gateway pc.

My thanks to Peteru for this neat program.

Malcolm

Bugs: Sometimes I am not sure if a message is from puppy or a problem with the script.

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Based on work by peteru, tonymy01, and Malcolm.
Originally by Malcolm.
Page last modified on July 27, 2007, at 10:29 PM