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Re: more gnuroot debian fun

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: more gnuroot debian fun
Date 2018-11-23 22:42 +0000
Organization O.W.L.
Message-ID <9a0b803ga.o3@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
> On 2018-11-23, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>>> On 2018-11-23, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 2018-11-23, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2018-11-23, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2018-11-23, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I had been using AndFTP (iirc JuiceSSH requires payment for scp) to copy
>>>>>>>>>> images from my phone to my laptop, and that got tiresome, what with
>>>>>>>>>> occasional authentication problems and having to navigate to the DCIM
>>>>>>>>>> directory and select images; so I installed ssh/scp into the gnuroot
>>>>>>>>>> debian installation on the phone and created a script called cpix.
>>>>>>>>>> Now it's just a matter of starting a terminal and typing:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ./cpix 112318*
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> to copy all photos taken today from my phone to my computer.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> God, I love Linux :)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Any Android can be enabled to use adb. With adb you can copy anything.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is this what you're talking about?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That sounds like a lot of steps.  Do you have to do that every time?
>>>>>>>> With scp, I just open a terminal on the phone and type "./cpix <whatever>". 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How do you do that? Android don't execute executables at all, you have
>>>>>>> to gain root for that?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Root not required for this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gnuroot.debian&hl=en_US
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apparently gnuroot debian's not being maintained anymore and doesn't
>>>>>> work with newer android versions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Works fine on my phone with android 5.1.1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The developer recommends this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tech.ula&hl=en_US
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll have to give it a spin and see.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, with adb you just run :adb shell scp ....
>>>>> 
>>>>
>>>> How often do you have to run through the steps outlined in the
>>>> developer.android.com link?  Does that ":adb shell ..." command
>>>> run on the phone or the computer?
>>> 
>>> You execute adb on computer and shell command on phone...
>>> I think that you don't need to execute anything else once 
>>> adb server is running on phone.
>>> 
>>
>> What's the benefit of doing it that way vs just using scp?
>>
> You don't have to root phone?
> 

You don't have to root the phone to use scp with gnuroot debian installed.
Gnuroot debian installs as a normal app, but gives full Linux.

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more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 15:54 +0000
  Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-11-23 08:01 -0800
    Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 16:21 +0000
      Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-11-23 08:27 -0800
        Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 16:47 +0000
          Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-11-23 08:59 -0800
          Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-23 09:19 -0800
  Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 17:17 +0000
    Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-23 09:34 -0800
    Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 18:31 +0000
      Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 19:02 +0000
        Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 19:19 +0000
          Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 19:24 +0000
            Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 19:35 +0000
              Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 19:45 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 22:25 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 22:28 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 22:42 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 23:26 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-24 01:40 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-24 04:50 -0800
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-24 01:59 -0800
  Re: more gnuroot debian fun "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-11-23 18:35 +0000
    Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 18:51 +0000

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