serial & devices
iRiver MP3 Player
configure using command line there are no more Linux GUI's
this lead a system configuration adventure /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules
ifp-bkp.dat analysis
2023-09-22 tweaked display & numeric format negative & zero will not process thru numfmt.awk 2023-10-16 tweaked comment detect
iRiver restore from backup list a LOT less tedious than using WinXP
WARNING! a full load (265 MP3) takes time...
ifp format WARNING! kinda FUCKS things erases ALL directories & you can't recreate them think it erases the firmware update as well
2023-09-20 added comment capability 2023-10-16 added iriver detection
find files in ifp.dat WARNING! some songs are named the same but different genres some songs get skipped, regex issue, overall does well
iRiver MP3 lister
builtin 'numfmt' SUCKS! wrote my own a while back and tweaked
2023-09-19 fix numfmt() ZERO
iRiver MP3 utility
nothing like the iRiver except one on scAmazon everything else looks like a smart phone with built-in batteries MP3 players have really declined with the advent of smart phones
sometimes after ifp operations communication locks up especially if aborted ^C the iRiver needs to be reconnected
2023-09-18 added total, power suffix, auto indent, & data file 2023-09-19 added command line options 2023-09-20 added ifp-bkp.dat analysis 2023-09-23 added connection detect 2023-10-16 added non-ifp iriver detection
list select usb
2023-09-22 tweaked display 2023-10-17 tweaked display, getfacl for that mysterious permission '+'