---
name: "synce-registry"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "librapi2-tools"
version: "0.15-2.1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/synce-registry"
---

# synce-registry(1)

read or modify the registry on a PDA

## 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)](/synce/1.md) pstatus(1)