NAME¶

synce-registry - read or modify the registry on a PDA

SYNOPSIS¶

synce-registry [-d LEVEL] [-p DEVNAME] [-h]
[-r] PARENTKEY KEY VALUE
-w [-t TYPE] PARENTKEY KEY VALUE NEWVALUE
-l PARENTKEY KEY
-n PARENTKEY NEWKEY
-x PARENTKEY KEY VALUE (not supported)
-X PARENTKEY KEY (not supported)

DESCRIPTION¶

synce-registry manipulates the registry on a device connected through SynCE. It can read and write values, add new keys and values, and list the values of a key. Forward slashes ('/') in key names specified on the command line are converted to backward slashes ('\'). This tool must be run as the same user as the dccmd daemon.

OPTIONS¶

-d LEVEL

Set debug log level:

0 - No logging (default)

1 - Errors only

2 - Errors and warnings

3 - Everything

 

-p DEVNAME

Use the device with the given name, instead of the default.

 

-h

Display help message.

 

[-r] PARENTKEY KEY VALUE

 

Read a value. This is the default.

 

-w [-t TYPE] PARENTKEY KEY VALUE NEWVALUE

 

Write a value. If TYPE is supplied, that type of value will be written; otherwise a string. The following options are valid for TYPE:

 

sz - String

dword - Double-word (4 bytes)

dword_bige - Double word (4 bytes), big-endian

expand_sz - String with path expansion

multi_sz - Multiple strings (not supported)

binary - Binary data (not supported)

 

-l PARENTKEY KEY

List the names of values and subkeys in the given KEY.

 

-n PARENTKEY KEY

Create a new key.

 

-x PARENTKEY KEY VALUE

Delete the given VALUE from the given KEY. (not implemented)

 

-X PARENTKEY KEY

Delete the given KEY. (not implemented)

 

PARENTKEY

 

The top-level key (sometimes called the hive). The only valid options are HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (abbreviated HKCR), HKEY_CURRENT_USER ( HKCU), HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ( HKLM), and HKEY_USERS (HKU).

 

KEY

The key to operate on. A key can contain zero or more values and subkeys.

 

VALUE

The value to operate on.

 

NEWVALUE

The new value to set VALUE to in a write operation.

 

AUTHOR¶

David Eriksson <twogood@users.sourceforge.net>, Scott Gifford <gifford@umich.edu>.

SEE ALSO¶

synce(1) pstatus(1)