Send GPX file to Garmin GPS 60Cx

If you have a gpx file made or already downloaded you can use the following script to send gpx files to your garmin gps 60Cx via command line.

Copy the text below in a file sendgpx.sh, make it executable and in a console window run sendgpx.sh GPXFILENAME.GPX

#! /bin/sh

[ $# -eq 0 ] && { echo "need to pass filename.gpx as variable on start up" ; exit 1; }

if [ -f $1 ]
then
	gpsbabel -i gpx -f $1 -o garmin,snlen=14 -F usb:
else
	echo $1 " Does not exist....please check path and name"
fi

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Send GPX file to Garmin GPS 60Cx