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Kit devices: devices.exe

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Purpose

The kit devices command, devices.exe, allows you to switch your development configuration between Symbian OS devices on Development Kits.

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Command line syntax

devices

devices -add device-path tools-path @device-ID

devices -default

devices -info @device-ID

devices -help

devices -remove @device-ID

devices -setalias new-alias @device-ID

devices -setdefault @device-ID

where parameters are as follows:

device-ID

either of the following

  • a device identifier, of the form kit:name

  • a device alias

In both cases, precede the string with a @ character.

device-alias

An existing device alias

device-path

The path of the device's epoc32\ directory (the directory containing the release\ sub-directory)

new-alias

A new device alias

tools-path

The path of the device's epoc32\tools\ directory

and the switches are as follows:

(no switches)

Displays all device identifiers and aliases

-add

Adds the specified device to the device list. The device must be specified using an identifier, not an alias.

For a Development Kit, the tools release path and device path will be the same. For earlier kits, they may be different.

-default

Displays the identifier (and alias if set) of the default device (if any)

-help

Displays command help

-remove

Removes the specified device from the device list.

You cannot use this to remove a device installed from a Development Kit, but only to remove devices you have yourself added.

-setalias

Sets an alias for the specified device. The device must be specified using an identifier, not another alias.

-setdefault

Sets the default device