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Acquisition Modules and Platinum Firmware
Recording and Retrieving Data
If the displayed directory contained subdirectories, you could continue to
navigate down them using the
buttons. When files are present, as in
the above screen-shot, they each have an associated
button which
invokes your web browser's standard download facility to copy the data to
your computer.
11.3.1.2 Downloading over a network, using the command line
If very recent data are required, start by flushing the buffers with the
command:
eam999 ~ # gdi-record --flush
Before data can be retrieved from the removable drive, it must first be brought
to operating temperature (for heated drives), powered up and the relevant
file-systems mounted. A utility, Ptstorage, is provided to accomplish this.
When invoked without arguments, Ptstorage displays a menu:
The “mount” option, which can be selected with the
key, displays a menu
of available file-systems on removable media. When you choose your desired
file-system, it is mounted under /media and you will be told the exact mount
point and then presented with a command prompt. This is a sub-shell: the
file-system will remain mounted and the mass storage device will remain
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