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SYMBIAN OS V9.3

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devices: implementation details

The list of installed devices and their associated locations is kept in c:\Program Files\Common Files\Symbian\devices.xml. When a kit is installed, the installer program updates this file appropriately.

A kit installs a small stub program for each tool in c:\Program Files\Common Files\Symbian\Tools\. This location is put first in the path so that the stub rather than the real tool is called.

When a tool stub is run, it:

Original settings of both the path and the EPOCROOT are preserved after the stub (and the real tool) returns.