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From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?

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First post2018-10-11 19:43 +0000
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  From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-11 19:43 +0000
    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-11 19:48 +0000
      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-11 20:19 +0000
    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-12 08:11 +0200
      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-12 13:50 +0000
        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-12 18:39 +0200
          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-12 17:58 +0000
            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? joe <none@domain.invalid> - 2018-10-12 13:11 -0500
              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-12 23:05 +0000
            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-12 15:14 -0400
              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-12 23:13 +0000
                Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-12 19:40 -0400
                  Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 00:40 +0000
                    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-13 10:16 -0400
                      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 14:24 +0000
                        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-13 11:08 -0400
                          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 15:28 +0000
                            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-13 11:46 -0400
                              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 16:09 +0000
            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-12 23:15 +0200
              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-12 23:17 +0000
                Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-13 09:04 +0200
                  Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 13:54 +0000
                    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-13 14:32 +0000
                      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 15:25 +0000
                        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-13 15:54 +0000
                          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-14 01:00 +0000
                            Advice for Arlen Holder MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2018-10-14 14:19 +0100
          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Sam Hill <sam@example.com> - 2018-10-12 19:23 +0000
            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-12 23:33 +0200
              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2018-10-12 15:15 -0700
                Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-12 23:31 +0000
            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-12 23:26 +0000
          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2018-10-12 15:50 -0500
            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 00:47 +0000
              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Danny DeVito <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2018-10-12 20:59 -0400
                Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 02:08 +0000
                  Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Danny DeVito <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2018-10-12 22:30 -0400
                    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 02:38 +0000
                  Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-13 10:18 +0200
                    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 13:27 +0000
                      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-13 18:11 +0200
                        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 16:28 +0000
                          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-13 18:56 +0200
                            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 21:06 +0000
                              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-14 00:13 +0200
                                Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 23:43 +0000
                                  Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-14 09:04 +0200
                                    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-14 18:01 +0000
                                      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-14 21:56 +0200
              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2018-10-13 00:12 -0500
                Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 06:44 +0000
    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-12 10:28 +0000
      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? FredW <fredw@ninmule.invalid> - 2018-10-12 16:04 +0200
        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-12 16:21 +0000
          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-12 16:26 +0000
        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-13 09:37 +0000
          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 13:43 +0000
            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-13 14:32 +0000
              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 15:35 +0000
                Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-13 11:51 -0400
                  Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-13 16:08 +0000
                    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 16:20 +0000
                      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-13 17:48 +0000
                        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 21:22 +0000
                          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2018-10-13 20:42 -0500
                            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-24 10:28 +0000
                          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-14 18:01 +0000
                            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2018-10-14 16:49 -0700
                              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-15 08:34 +0200
                              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Knarf Gewtools <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-15 14:23 +0000
                                Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2018-10-15 13:28 -0400
                                Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Knarf Gewtools Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-15 19:50 +0000
                                  [OT] HowTo: Ignore thread started by poster (was: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?) Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-17 17:58 +0000
                                    Re: [OT] HowTo: Ignore thread started by poster (was: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?) Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2018-11-05 06:42 +0000
                        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2018-10-13 20:35 -0500
                    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-13 13:47 -0400
                      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-13 18:09 +0000
                        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-13 14:32 -0400
                          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-13 18:49 +0000
                            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-13 16:20 -0400
                              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 23:29 +0000
                              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-14 17:50 +0000
                                Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-10-14 23:54 -0400
      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 01:58 +0000
        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 03:27 +0000
          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 04:44 +0000
          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-13 10:07 +0000
            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 13:53 +0000
              Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 14:20 +0000
        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2018-10-13 10:02 +0200
          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-13 10:01 +0000
            Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 13:36 +0000
          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-13 13:27 +0000
    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-14 01:30 +0000
      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-16 00:19 +0000
        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-16 12:26 +0000
          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-16 14:00 +0000
    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-19 23:38 +0000
      Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-20 14:37 +0000
        Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-21 20:26 +0000
          Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-22 19:54 +0000
    Re: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?  Arlen_Holder <a%rle%20nh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-11-02 15:15 +0000

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#56619

FromWolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca>
Date2018-10-13 11:51 -0400
Message-ID<zwowD.257354$3L2.166511@fx44.iad>
In reply to#56617
On 2018-10-13 11:35, Arlen Holder wrote:
> On 13 Oct 2018 14:32:46 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 
>>    Nope. A child - i.e. you in this case - thinks that if it denies
>> unpleasant - for it/you -*facts*, that these facts will magically go
>> away. Most childs grow out of it. You apparently never have.
> Hi Frank Slootweg,
> 
> I realize that this thread asks_hard_  technical questions.
> I also realize there are only a handful of intelligent people on this ng.
> 
> Nobody has a working solution (AFAIK), so I'm testing out alternatives, in
> the hopes of finding a "trick" that nobody knows about yet, that will allow
> us to freely map the entire Android filesystem as a drive letter onto
> Windows over USB.
[...]

I fail to see your problem. When I connect my phone via USB to this 
Win8.1 box, I see the phone as an external drive. I can access all the 
data. I see no reason to go below that into the OS. Why do you want to 
do that?

Best wishes (really),

-- 
Wolf K
kirkwood40.blogspot.com
Complexity is not a condition to be tamed, but a lesson to be learned. 
(James Bridley, 2018)

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#56621

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2018-10-13 16:08 +0000
Message-ID<pptc9n.6l0.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#56619
Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
[...]

> I fail to see your problem. When I connect my phone via USB to this 
> Win8.1 box, I see the phone as an external drive. I can access all the 
> data. I see no reason to go below that into the OS. Why do you want to 
> do that?

  Unless you have a rather old phone [1], you don't see your phone as a
*drive*, i.e. a thing which has a drive letter. You probably see your
phone in File Explorer and *only* in File Explorer.

  If your phone is a Windows *drive* (or a Network Share), you could -
for example - open a file on your phone with a Windows program - for
example Notepad, *without* first copying the file to your Windows
system.

  I.e. you can not open a file which resides on your phone. You can only
copy it to your Windows system and *then* open it.

  This difference might seem semantics, but it is a big difference in
functionality. Without it, programs on the Windows system do not have
direct access to the files on your phone. For example you can't make
backup (backup, not just copy) of the files on the phone, by using a
(generic) backup program on your Windows system.

[1] Old Android devices might still have (USB) 'Mass Storage Mode',
which *does* give a Windows drive (letter).

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#56624

From Arlen Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net>
Date2018-10-13 16:20 +0000
Message-ID<ppt5vi$s0v$1@news.mixmin.net>
In reply to#56621
On 13 Oct 2018 16:08:00 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

>   Unless you have a rather old phone [1], you don't see your phone as a
> *drive*, i.e. a thing which has a drive letter. You probably see your
> phone in File Explorer and *only* in File Explorer.

Hi Frank Slootweg (cc, Wolf K),

Thank you Frank, for being only one of two adults on this entire newsgroup
who _understood_ the topic (Paul included, having posted elsewhere).

Even though this thread has tons of posts from the child-like:
o *Ken Blake* [From: Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>]
o *Wolf K* [From: Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca>]
o *Danny DeVito* [From: Danny DeVito <invalid@invalid.invalid>]
o *Char Jackson* [From: Char Jackson <none@none.invalid>]
o *Rudy Wieser* [From: "R.Wieser" <address@not.available>]
o *Sam Hill* [From: Sam Hill <sam@example.com>]
* etc.

Not _one_ of those child-like trolls appears to have _understood_ even the
_simplest_ of technical problems posed in this thread.

*All the ignorant children like Wolf K & Rudy Wieser _can_ do, is troll.*

Only you and I are intelligent enough, not that it takes a lot of
intelligence to comprehend the subject line - but only you and I seem to
have comprehended what the problem set is. (And Paul, elsewhere.)

> [1] Old Android devices might still have (USB) 'Mass Storage Mode',
> which *does* give a Windows drive (letter).

This is a good point, which you and I both know, where, oh, somewhere
around Android 4.4 or so, things changed such that what we _want_ to do is
no longer easy to do.

The best any of us can come up with, so far, is to use the proprietary
solution I outlined elsewhere in this thread, which allows "some" Windows
DOS commands to work unrestricted (but not all DOS commands).

In summary, only you and I (and Paul) have shown that we comprehend the
technical issue here; the rest are simply proving they're children who
don't have the capacity to understand even the _slightest_ of technical
issues. 

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#56634

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2018-10-13 17:48 +0000
Message-ID<ppti1t.a6s.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#56624
Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> wrote:
> On 13 Oct 2018 16:08:00 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 
> >   Unless you have a rather old phone [1], you don't see your phone as a
> > *drive*, i.e. a thing which has a drive letter. You probably see your
> > phone in File Explorer and *only* in File Explorer.
> 
> Hi Frank Slootweg (cc, Wolf K),
> 
> Thank you Frank, for being only one of two adults on this entire newsgroup
> who _understood_ the topic (Paul included, having posted elsewhere).

  Don't flatter yourself!
  
  In this case, for totally random (non-)reasons, you haven't drawn
first blood.

  But in another thread, you fsck-ed up again and instead of *reading*
and *trying* to *learn* from what people post, your threw yet another
tantrum and uttered yet another slew of misdirected and inappropriate
insults (fool, childish, you have no concept of advanced use, you'll
never graduate above, you won't grow mentally, rigid mindset, Classic
fifth-grade drivel, etc., etc.).

  So you - and *only* you - switch at random between - somewhat - adult
behaviour and acting like a total jerk/creep.

  Which shows the need to re-issue the challenge, which no doubt you
will dodge *again*:

[Rewind, repeat dodged challenge:]

  'Arlen', name *one*, just *one* person in these groups who agrees with
*any* viewpoint which you raise in one of the zillions of threads you
(think you) 'author' (and *prove* that with a verifiable cite).

[Sounds of audience not holding their breath.]

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#56640

From Arlen Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net>
Date2018-10-13 21:22 +0000
Message-ID<pptnm7$s51$1@news.mixmin.net>
In reply to#56634
On 13 Oct 2018 17:48:55 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

>   So you - and *only* you - switch at random between - somewhat - adult
> behaviour and acting like a total jerk/creep.

Frank Slootweg, 
What you fail to comprehend, is the simplest of facts. 
I'm a mirror Frank. A mirror. 
o When you post like a child, I treat you as a child.
o When you post like an adult, I treat you as an adult.

I do that tactically - every single time you post - Frank Slootweg.
I take _each_ post on its merit - since I'm trying to funnel you into
acting like an adult, Frank Slootweg.

There's a consistent strategy - and tactics that fit that strategy.

Frank - this isn't my first rodeo on Usenet.
o Worthless trolls like Rudy Wieser & Wolf K & Char Jackson abound
o They're cowardly bullies who haven't graduated past fifth grade

Most of you use what I call the 'chitchat' model of Usenet behavior.
By that I mean you post 99% to other people's thread.\

Most of what you post is sheer drivel, worthless in and of itself.
You have nothing whatsoever invested in any thread coming to an answer.
o I don't use the chitchat model.
o I use what can be called the Q&A model.

In the Q&A model, I ask a question and I work toward the answer.
I have everything invested in the fruitful outcome of that question.
o Trolls like Ken Black, Danny DeVito, GoodGuy have nothing invested
o Those childish trolls don't care one whit about the Q&A outcome

Those trolls are like vermin who show up at a potluck picnic.
o *Ken Blake* [From: Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>]
o *Wolf K* [From: Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca>]
o *Danny DeVito* [From: Danny DeVito <invalid@invalid.invalid>]
o *Char Jackson* [From: Char Jackson <none@none.invalid>]
o *Rudy Wieser* [From: "R.Wieser" <address@not.available>]
o *Sam Hill* [From: Sam Hill <sam@example.com>]
o *joe* [From: joe <none@domain.invalid>]
o *Good Guy* [From: н Ѕнё‰ Good Guy н Ѕнё‰ <Hello.World@Example.com>]

In this thread, as in every thread, those worthless vermin trolls outnumber
the adults by 10 to 1 where they prove each time, as they did in this
thread, that they don't even _comprehend_ the subject of the thread.

The fact that they don't even comprehend the topic doesn't stop them.
They have _nothing_ invested in the technical outcome. Nothing.

They're just vermin trolls, all. 
Once these vermin arrive at the potluck Usenet picnic, it's ruined.
o You can swat away the vermin, or, 
o You can pack up and leave the picnic.

Those are your _only_ choices, Frank Slootweg, once the vermin arrive.

The vermin like Wolf K, Char Jackson, Ken Blake, Good Guy, and particularly
that vermin Wolf K feel that they must _prove_ their right to infest any
potluck picnic with their worthless posts. 

Rudy Wieser just _proved_ what I say, since I only speak facts, Frank:
These vermin are who ruin Usenet for the adults that are still left.
o *Wolf K*, *Danny DeVito*, *Char Jackson*, *Ken Blake*, 
o *Rudy Wieser*, *Sam Hill*, *joe*, *Good Guy*, etc.

But, mostly, the vile vermin who can't stop themselves from swarming, are:
o Rudy Wieser
o Wolf K
o Char Jackson

Every statement I make is valid & verified by their actions in this thread.

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#56649

FromChar Jackson <none@none.invalid>
Date2018-10-13 20:42 -0500
Message-ID<hl75sdl3r1nm3gstnfo1bhsbll6lvq6neh@4ax.com>
In reply to#56640
On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 21:22:16 -0000 (UTC), Arlen    Holder
<a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> wrote:

>Every statement I make is valid & verified by their actions in this thread.

That's possibly true in your world. Not so much out here where everyone
else lives.

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#56823

From Arlen Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net>
Date2018-10-24 10:28 +0000
Message-ID<pqphh0$7oj$1@news.mixmin.net>
In reply to#56649
On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 20:42:04 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

> That's possibly true in your world. Not so much out here where everyone
> else lives.

I didn't see Char Jackson's post, until now, as this morning I turned off
my filters for another reason, where I've _never_ seen Char Jackson _ever_
answer a technical question when I didn't have him filtered out.

Hence, it's kind of funny that Char Jackson says I don't supply details,
when Char Jackson has _never_ once answered a single technical question.

*All Char Jackson _can_ do, is troll.*

Nonetheless, I have something to report on FTPUse for Frank Slootweg.
Here's a snippet from my log file on FTPuse, for the record...

The Android FTP server (v 1.32) I used was set up in its default mode:
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theolivetree.ftpserver>
o Network interface
 (o)WiFi
 (_)Ethernet
 (_)Mobile network
 (_)Bluetooth PAN
 (_)Loopback (127.0.0.1)
 (_)All
o Port = 2221
o Passive Ports = 2300-2399
o Anonymous user = [x]
o User name = francis
o User password = francis
o Home directory
  (_)Root (/)
  (o)SdCard
  (_)DCIM
  (_)Custom folder
  (_)Ext. SdCard
o Read only = [_]
o Show hidden files = [_]
o Energy save mode = [_]
o High priority service = [x]
o Show server details = [x]

The FPTUse command I used on a Windows 10 Admin window was (verbatim):
 ftpuse X: 192.168.1.7 francis /USER:francis /PORT:2221 /debug
 ftpuse X: 192.168.1.7 francis /USER:francis /PORT:2221 /nopassive /debug

Reboot 1: Most of the time FTPuse simply fails:
o <http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=5451129dir022.jpg>
Reboot 2: But once in a great while it actually appears to work ... but ... 
even then, _nothing_ shows up as a drive letter as a result. :(
o <http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4121239dir021.jpg>
Reboot 3: And even then, FTPuse fails the next time:
o <http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=8726712dir023.jpg>

I've mostly lost my patience with FTPUse, because
o I already have plenty of freeware FTP-mounting solutions that work
o All I ever cared about, for FTPUse, was that it works for _others_

I don't usually deal with firewalls, where I turned off Windows Defender
(at least I think I did) for these experiments, but again, this isn't for
me so it really doesn't matter because if I can't do it out of the box,
neither will others be able to, which is the whole point, let's not forget.
Start > Settings > Update and security > Windows security > 
Firewall and network protection > (everything is turned off)
 <http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=9234464dir024.jjpg.jpg>

I'm sure FTPuse works for others, which is all that matters to me.

Since FTPUse seems to be flaky for me, my tentative conclusion is:
o Don't use FTPUse if you already have another solution that works

But this FTPUse talk is relatively useless because
o FTPUse isn't the real problem here anyway
o The real problem is that we don't have freeware to mount over USB

These are the only two problems I care about to solve for this thread:
o How to run any Windows command on Android over USB using _freeware_
o Freeware to mount Android as a drive letter over WiFi using SMB

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#56664

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2018-10-14 18:01 +0000
Message-ID<pq07av.alo.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#56640
Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> wrote:

  And once again, 'Arlen' draws first blood, while stamping his feet
claiming that he doesn't and emitting yet another of his broken record
tantrums. 

[Rewind, repeat dodged challenge:]

  'Arlen', name *one*, just *one* person in these groups who agrees with
*any* viewpoint which you raise in one of the zillions of threads you
(think you) 'author' (and *prove* that with a verifiable cite).

[Sounds of audience not holding their breath.]

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#56690

FromKen Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
Date2018-10-14 16:49 -0700
Message-ID<t2l7sd1gpv97ts0lorvld40l61cgsmnuvb@4ax.com>
In reply to#56664
On 14 Oct 2018 18:01:45 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
wrote:

>Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> wrote:
>
>  And once again, 'Arlen' draws first blood, while stamping his feet
>claiming that he doesn't and emitting yet another of his broken record
>tantrums. 



I was hoping that sooner or later you and R. Wieser would both get
tired of complaining about and replying to Arlen Holder (who is
killfiled here) and replying to him, and either killfile him or just
ignore his messages.

Since it looks like it will never happen and I not only have to read
his messages that the two of you quote and your tirades against him,
I'm killfiling you both to end it. I was hoping I would never have to
do this and you would both get tired of replying, and either killfile
or ignore him. Since you don't, goodbye to you both.

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#56694

From"R.Wieser" <address@not.available>
Date2018-10-15 08:34 +0200
Message-ID<pq1cej$pt4$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#56690
Ken,

> Since it looks like it will never happen and I not only have to
> read his messages that the two of you quote and your tirades
> against him, I'm killfiling you both to end it.

I do not know which newsgroup reader you are using, but a few weeks ago I 
posted a question about how, in outlook express, to suppress a *thread* 
instead of just a single person.   And that works quite nicely.

I see a new thread being started, but once set to ignore I do not see any 
message in it, regardles of who the poster is.  It allows me to ignore a 
conversation, while still being able to see some of the well meaning 
responders to it in other threads.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

P.s.
I do not blame you for killfiling though.  I can imagine it must look like 
nothing but a nuissance to anyone not involved.

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#56698

FromKnarf Gewtools <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2018-10-15 14:23 +0000
Message-ID<pq2eub.ccc.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#56690
N.B. Intentional one-time morph, in case you've already killfiled me.

Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
> On 14 Oct 2018 18:01:45 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
> >Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> wrote:
> >
> >  And once again, 'Arlen' draws first blood, while stamping his feet
> >claiming that he doesn't and emitting yet another of his broken record
> >tantrums. 
> 
> I was hoping that sooner or later you and R. Wieser would both get
> tired of complaining about and replying to Arlen Holder (who is
> killfiled here) and replying to him, and either killfile him or just
> ignore his messages.
> 
> Since it looks like it will never happen and I not only have to read
> his messages that the two of you quote and your tirades against him,
> I'm killfiling you both to end it. I was hoping I would never have to
> do this and you would both get tired of replying, and either killfile
> or ignore him. Since you don't, goodbye to you both.

  I understand your point and you're of course free to do as you see
fit.

  Having said that, some comments:

1. In most (all?) newsreaders, one can mark a thread as read. If you do
   that as soon as 'Arlen Holder' starts a new thread, you won't see
   anything, i.e. not out quibbles.

2. You may want to check if Agent has a 'Ignore thread started by poster'
   feature. If so you can do 1. automatically.

3. There are many, many others (than R. Wieser and me) who respond to
   'Arlen Holder' (see his recent list(s) of 'vermin'). Do you want to
   killfile all those posters?

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#56699

FromPaul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Date2018-10-15 13:28 -0400
Message-ID<pq2iod$pgb$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#56698
Knarf Gewtools wrote:

> as soon as 'Arlen Holder' starts a new thread

There is an "Ignore Thread" in the right-click menu,
up near the top.

http://www.omnitec.net/email-spam/help_with_headers/agent_1.gif

    Paul

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#56703

FromKnarf Gewtools Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2018-10-15 19:50 +0000
Message-ID<pq322r.b3k.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#56698
N.B. Still morphing in order to - try to - help Ken Blake.

Earlier today. I wrote:

> N.B. Intentional one-time morph, in case you've already killfiled me.
> 
> Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
> > On 14 Oct 2018 18:01:45 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > >Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >  And once again, 'Arlen' draws first blood, while stamping his feet
> > >claiming that he doesn't and emitting yet another of his broken record
> > >tantrums. 
> > 
> > I was hoping that sooner or later you and R. Wieser would both get
> > tired of complaining about and replying to Arlen Holder (who is
> > killfiled here) and replying to him, and either killfile him or just
> > ignore his messages.
> > 
> > Since it looks like it will never happen and I not only have to read
> > his messages that the two of you quote and your tirades against him,
> > I'm killfiling you both to end it. I was hoping I would never have to
> > do this and you would both get tired of replying, and either killfile
> > or ignore him. Since you don't, goodbye to you both.
> 
>   I understand your point and you're of course free to do as you see
> fit.
> 
>   Having said that, some comments:
> 
> 1. In most (all?) newsreaders, one can mark a thread as read. If you do
>    that as soon as 'Arlen Holder' starts a new thread, you won't see
>    anything, i.e. not out quibbles.

  Paul already confirmed that Agent can do this ('Ignore thread').
Thanks, Paul.

> 2. You may want to check if Agent has a 'Ignore thread started by poster'
>    feature. If so you can do 1. automatically.

  I checked my old notes and Agent *does* seem to have a 'Ignore thread
started by poster' feature.

  This is a partial quote from a 2011 posting in news.software.readers
[1]:

<quote>

In Agent 6.0, killfiling "JohnDoe" and choosing as Action "Ignore
Thread" means (after setting my View to 'not ignored') I see nothing of
his posts and nothing of those who respond to him.

</quote>

  So Ken, it seems that in Agent you can killfile 'Arlen''s threads
completely (i.e. also any and all responses), without killfiling us (R.
Wieser and me) in other threads.

> 3. There are many, many others (than R. Wieser and me) who respond to
>    'Arlen Holder' (see his recent list(s) of 'vermin'). Do you want to
>    killfile all those posters?

[1]

From: Bart Dinnissen <dinnissen@chello.nl>
Newsgroups: news.software.readers
Subject: Re: Looking for another newsreader
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:18:20 +0200
Message-ID: <rlse179dgordv6ko8hovqhug6u4cu47sk3@4ax.com>

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#56718 — [OT] HowTo: Ignore thread started by poster (was: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?)

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2018-10-17 17:58 +0000
Subject[OT] HowTo: Ignore thread started by poster (was: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?)
Message-ID<pq849a.75o.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#56703
N.B. Unmorphing, because there's no point anymore.

Two days ago, I wrote:
> N.B. Still morphing in order to - try to - help Ken Blake.
> 
> Earlier today. I wrote:
> 
> > N.B. Intentional one-time morph, in case you've already killfiled me.
[...]
> >   I understand your point and you're of course free to do as you see
> > fit.
> > 
> >   Having said that, some comments:
> > 
> > 1. In most (all?) newsreaders, one can mark a thread as read. If you do
> >    that as soon as 'Arlen Holder' starts a new thread, you won't see
> >    anything, i.e. not out quibbles.
> 
>   Paul already confirmed that Agent can do this ('Ignore thread').
> Thanks, Paul.
> 
> > 2. You may want to check if Agent has a 'Ignore thread started by poster'
> >    feature. If so you can do 1. automatically.
> 
>   I checked my old notes and Agent *does* seem to have a 'Ignore thread
> started by poster' feature.
> 
>   This is a partial quote from a 2011 posting in news.software.readers
> [1]:
> 
> <quote>
> 
> In Agent 6.0, killfiling "JohnDoe" and choosing as Action "Ignore
> Thread" means (after setting my View to 'not ignored') I see nothing of
> his posts and nothing of those who respond to him.
> 
> </quote>
> 
>   So Ken, it seems that in Agent you can killfile 'Arlen''s threads
> completely (i.e. also any and all responses), without killfiling us (R.
> Wieser and me) in other threads.

  Ken Blake did not respond (while he posted in several other threads).

  I don't know why. Did the solution not work? Is his problem different
from what I (we?) think? Other?

  Anyway, without feedback we can't help him. Pity.

  But I hope this wasn't/isn't a case of a poster telling how others
should (not) behave.
  
> > 3. There are many, many others (than R. Wieser and me) who respond to
> >    'Arlen Holder' (see his recent list(s) of 'vermin'). Do you want to
> >    killfile all those posters?
> 
> [1]
> 
> From: Bart Dinnissen <dinnissen@chello.nl>
> Newsgroups: news.software.readers
> Subject: Re: Looking for another newsreader
> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:18:20 +0200
> Message-ID: <rlse179dgordv6ko8hovqhug6u4cu47sk3@4ax.com>

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#57155 — Re: [OT] HowTo: Ignore thread started by poster (was: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?)

FromDiesel <me@privacy.net>
Date2018-11-05 06:42 +0000
SubjectRe: [OT] HowTo: Ignore thread started by poster (was: From Windows, how can we open a command line on the Android filesystem?)
Message-ID<XnsA991117424670HT1@17101W3guZ.rrC0vVO.ql6>
In reply to#56718
Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
news:pq849a.75o.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net Wed, 17 Oct 2018
17:58:46 GMT in comp.mobile.android, wrote: 

>   But I hope this wasn't/isn't a case of a poster telling how
>   others 
> should (not) behave.

Hope all you like, but, what you're hoping isn't the case, actually is.

I was filtered by Ken a considerable time ago for not complying with 
their request, similiar to the one made of others. Alas, his right. 
I've lost nothing as a result.
   

-- 
To prevent yourself from being a victim of cyber
stalking, it's highly recommended you visit here:
https://tekrider.net/pages/david-brooks-stalker.php
===================================================
DILATE: To live longer.

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#56648

FromChar Jackson <none@none.invalid>
Date2018-10-13 20:35 -0500
Message-ID<o375sd9i20oflv0tir4e0q6k4nmt372t7l@4ax.com>
In reply to#56634
On 13 Oct 2018 17:48:55 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
wrote:

>Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> wrote:
>> On 13 Oct 2018 16:08:00 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>> 
>> >   Unless you have a rather old phone [1], you don't see your phone as a
>> > *drive*, i.e. a thing which has a drive letter. You probably see your
>> > phone in File Explorer and *only* in File Explorer.
>> 
>> Hi Frank Slootweg (cc, Wolf K),
>> 
>> Thank you Frank, for being only one of two adults on this entire newsgroup
>> who _understood_ the topic (Paul included, having posted elsewhere).
>
>  Don't flatter yourself!
>  
>  In this case, for totally random (non-)reasons, you haven't drawn
>first blood.
>
>  But in another thread, you fsck-ed up again and instead of *reading*
>and *trying* to *learn* from what people post, your threw yet another
>tantrum and uttered yet another slew of misdirected and inappropriate
>insults (fool, childish, you have no concept of advanced use, you'll
>never graduate above, you won't grow mentally, rigid mindset, Classic
>fifth-grade drivel, etc., etc.).
>
>  So you - and *only* you - switch at random between - somewhat - adult
>behaviour and acting like a total jerk/creep.
>
>  Which shows the need to re-issue the challenge, which no doubt you
>will dodge *again*:
>
>[Rewind, repeat dodged challenge:]
>
>  'Arlen', name *one*, just *one* person in these groups who agrees with
>*any* viewpoint which you raise in one of the zillions of threads you
>(think you) 'author' (and *prove* that with a verifiable cite).
>
>[Sounds of audience not holding their breath.]

In case anyone is unaware, our friend "Arlen" has Asperger's Syndrome.
He said so in a previous post, but I didn't save the MID.

***
Asperger's Syndrome

People with this condition may be socially awkward and have an
all-absorbing interest in specific topics.
People may experience:
Behavioral: aggression, compulsive behavior, fidgeting, impulsivity,
repetitive movements, social isolation, or persistent repetition of
words or actions
Muscular: inability to combine muscle movements, poor coordination, or
tic
Mood: anger, anxiety, or apprehension
Also common: depression, intense interest in a limited number of things,
learning disability, nightmares, or sensitivity to sound
***

It's a direct match.

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#56633

FromWolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca>
Date2018-10-13 13:47 -0400
Message-ID<AcqwD.214225$LK2.171315@fx36.iad>
In reply to#56621
On 2018-10-13 12:08, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> [...]
> 
>> I fail to see your problem. When I connect my phone via USB to this
>> Win8.1 box, I see the phone as an external drive. I can access all the
>> data. I see no reason to go below that into the OS. Why do you want to
>> do that?
> 
>    Unless you have a rather old phone [1], you don't see your phone as a
> *drive*, i.e. a thing which has a drive letter. You probably see your
> phone in File Explorer and *only* in File Explorer. [...]

You're right, the drive letter is an alias. Should've sussed that, since 
it doesn't have Eject as a menu item.

But I still don't see a problem. I can open the files from Explorer, one 
at a time only of course, but since I don't see any point in messing 
with the files directly _on the phone_, I don't see that as a serious 
problem. If I do mess with the photo, and then Save the altered photo, 
it's saved on my HDD, which from my POV is where it belongs.

Anyhow, if I really want to alter the picture on the phone, the photo 
viewer has that facility built in. I've never used it. My photos are 
good enough to share without tweaking. :-) BTW, the photo viewer has a 
slew of other capabilities, the only one I use regularly is Share via email.

So while I see there's a functional issue here, I don't see a problem. 
Maybe a puzzle, to solve just for the hell of it.

Best wishes,

-- 
Wolf K
kirkwood40.blogspot.com
Complexity is not a condition to be tamed, but a lesson to be learned. 
(James Bridley, 2018)

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#56635

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2018-10-13 18:09 +0000
Message-ID<pptjd2.9us.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#56633
Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On 2018-10-13 12:08, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > [...]
> > 
> >> I fail to see your problem. When I connect my phone via USB to this
> >> Win8.1 box, I see the phone as an external drive. I can access all the
> >> data. I see no reason to go below that into the OS. Why do you want to
> >> do that?
> > 
> >   Unless you have a rather old phone [1], you don't see your phone as a
> > *drive*, i.e. a thing which has a drive letter. You probably see your
> > phone in File Explorer and *only* in File Explorer. [...]
> 
> You're right, the drive letter is an alias. Should've sussed that, since 
> it doesn't have Eject as a menu item.
> 
> But I still don't see a problem. I can open the files from Explorer, one 
> at a time only of course, but since I don't see any point in messing 
> with the files directly _on the phone_, I don't see that as a serious 
> problem. If I do mess with the photo, and then Save the altered photo, 
> it's saved on my HDD, which from my POV is where it belongs.
> 
> Anyhow, if I really want to alter the picture on the phone, the photo 
> viewer has that facility built in. I've never used it. My photos are 
> good enough to share without tweaking. :-) BTW, the photo viewer has a 
> slew of other capabilities, the only one I use regularly is Share via email.
> 
> So while I see there's a functional issue here, I don't see a problem. 
> Maybe a puzzle, to solve just for the hell of it.

  Consider the backup example (note *example*, not the only scenario) I
mentioned (but you snipped).

  Say you have a phone with 80GB of storage (16 internal, 64 SD-card).

  If you want to backup that phone, you'll need to copy upto 80GB to
your Windows system, even if perhaps only 10% (8GB) has been changed.

  You also need upto 80GB of temporary space on your Windows system.

  Only *after* that upto 80GB copy, a (real) backup program can - try to
- figure out what has changed and backup only the 8GB to the backup
device (incremental backup).

  If OTOH, your phone was presented as a (real) Windows drive (or
Network Share), you could have made a backup of your Android
filesystems, the same way you do for any Windows file system.

  There are many, many other examples where *direct* file access is
desired or even needed/mandatory.

  FWIW, because all methods to get a (real) Windows drive or Network
Share to access an Android file system suck in major ways, I've given up
on this and have only solved *my* major issue - backup - by doing things
in the opposite direction, i.e. the Android system does the incremental
backup to a Network Share.

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#56636

FromWolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca>
Date2018-10-13 14:32 -0400
Message-ID<9TqwD.91337$SG2.58054@fx29.iad>
In reply to#56635
On 2018-10-13 14:09, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> On 2018-10-13 12:08, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> I fail to see your problem. When I connect my phone via USB to this
>>>> Win8.1 box, I see the phone as an external drive. I can access all the
>>>> data. I see no reason to go below that into the OS. Why do you want to
>>>> do that?
>>>
>>>    Unless you have a rather old phone [1], you don't see your phone as a
>>> *drive*, i.e. a thing which has a drive letter. You probably see your
>>> phone in File Explorer and *only* in File Explorer. [...]
>>
>> You're right, the drive letter is an alias. Should've sussed that, since
>> it doesn't have Eject as a menu item.
>>
>> But I still don't see a problem. I can open the files from Explorer, one
>> at a time only of course, but since I don't see any point in messing
>> with the files directly _on the phone_, I don't see that as a serious
>> problem. If I do mess with the photo, and then Save the altered photo,
>> it's saved on my HDD, which from my POV is where it belongs.
>>
>> Anyhow, if I really want to alter the picture on the phone, the photo
>> viewer has that facility built in. I've never used it. My photos are
>> good enough to share without tweaking. :-) BTW, the photo viewer has a
>> slew of other capabilities, the only one I use regularly is Share via email.
>>
>> So while I see there's a functional issue here, I don't see a problem.
>> Maybe a puzzle, to solve just for the hell of it.
> 
>    Consider the backup example (note *example*, not the only scenario) I
> mentioned (but you snipped).
> 
>    Say you have a phone with 80GB of storage (16 internal, 64 SD-card).
> 
>    If you want to backup that phone, you'll need to copy upto 80GB to
> your Windows system, even if perhaps only 10% (8GB) has been changed.

I don't see a "need" to back up the whole phone, since I copy 
photos/videos ASAP after taking them, often within an hour or so. The 
email merely duplicates what arrives on the PC. If I mail from the 
phone, I may send a copy to myself, but very few of emails are that 
important.

>    You also need upto 80GB of temporary space on your Windows system.

I have 2TB internal and 6TB external (only 2TB connected at any one 
time.) Storage is cheap.

>    Only *after* that upto 80GB copy, a (real) backup program can - try to
> - figure out what has changed and backup only the 8GB to the backup
> device (incremental backup).
> 
>    If OTOH, your phone was presented as a (real) Windows drive (or
> Network Share), you could have made a backup of your Android
> filesystems, the same way you do for any Windows file system.
> 
>    There are many, many other examples where *direct* file access is
> desired or even needed/mandatory.

Sure, the back-up issue is a plausible scenario, except that I don't use 
the phone for anything other than calls and photography, plus news and a 
handful of neat apps [1]. No music or movies or games etc. And as I 
said, I copy (backup) all new stuff to my PC box at least once a week, 
and usually within an hour or so after taking the photos. So I don't see 
a need to back up the phone. In fact, now that I've lived with 64GB SD 
storage, I feel that's more than I want. But smaller SD cards are 
getting almost impossible to find, so...

As for backups of our PCs, that's handled automatically while we sleep.

>    FWIW, because all methods to get a (real) Windows drive or Network
> Share to access an Android file system suck in major ways, I've given up
> on this and have only solved *my* major issue - backup - by doing things
> in the opposite direction, i.e. the Android system does the incremental
> backup to a Network Share.

That's may turn out to be a useful tip, FFFR.

Best wishes,

[1]: If you like astronomy, you may like APOD (Astronomy Photo Of the 
Day). If you like birds, look for Cornell U's Merlin, a bird-ID app.

-- 
Wolf K
kirkwood40.blogspot.com
Complexity is not a condition to be tamed, but a lesson to be learned. 
(James Bridley, 2018)

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#56637

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2018-10-13 18:49 +0000
Message-ID<pptloc.aeo.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#56636
Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
[...]
> I don't see a "need" to back up the whole phone, since I copy 
> photos/videos ASAP after taking them, often within an hour or so. The 
> email merely duplicates what arrives on the PC. If I mail from the 
> phone, I may send a copy to myself, but very few of emails are that 
> important.
[...]
> Sure, the back-up issue is a plausible scenario, except that I don't use 
> the phone for anything other than calls and photography, plus news and a 
> handful of neat apps [1]. No music or movies or games etc. And as I 
> said, I copy (backup) all new stuff to my PC box at least once a week, 
> and usually within an hour or so after taking the photos. So I don't see 
> a need to back up the phone. In fact, now that I've lived with 64GB SD 
> storage, I feel that's more than I want. But smaller SD cards are 
> getting almost impossible to find, so...

  For your use, backup indeed isn't an issue, provided you don't mind
the 'risk' of 'losing' your "handful of neat apps" (i.e. knowing which
ones you had and where/how you got them) or/and their settings/data.

  However many people *do* care about losing their apps, their app
settings, their app data, etc.. "The Real Bev to the Central Desk,
please!" :-)

> As for backups of our PCs, that's handled automatically while we sleep.

  You *sleep*!? What an utter waste of time *that* is!

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