Maybe the software could just make the new file a .red (as in READ) file?
Then, there is no concern about changing a file name.
dale
>
> Ahh..., humans will find a way to screw up no matter how specific the
> instructions. The manual says that READ needs to be given a file name
> different than log.dat. Well, I have never named any of my contest logs
> log.dat. This one was ARRLPh03.dat. So that's the name I gave to READ,
> comfortable in the knowledge that I had filled the requirements. It is
> now obvious that READ needs an input file and an output file. Perhaps
> the manual could be revised here. Thanks Tree.
>
> 73 de Jim Smith VE7FO
>
>
> Tree wrote:
>
> >On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 05:44:40PM -0800, Jim Smith wrote:
> >
> >>This hasn't created a problem for me. I'll just delete all the lines
> >>which got appended. I did notice that the FM for TO1A didn't get into
> >>the log until the 2nd pass so I'll just stick it in manually where it
> >>belongs. I've posted this here in case READ got broken somewhere along
> >>the way and no one noticed. I'm using the 6.73 beta dated (in CTRL-J
> >>list) 13FEB03.
> >>
> >
> >Sounds like you didn't rename your log file to something else and you
> >were reading from the same file you were writing to.
> >
> >Tree
> >
>
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