[WriteLog] Back-up??

[Gordon LaPoint]

> Hi all,
>
> Hhhmmm. After reading of Mark's (N7MQ) sad loss of data, I began wondering
> about the back-up facility in WL.
>
> I wonder if my assumption is correct: You get reminded very so often (20 
> Q's
> in my case) to save the log.
> This back-up takes the form of an ADIF file, and is held until you do the
> Ctrl-S bit, which then saves the data to the your .WL file.
> Now, if WL happens to crash for some reason, and the .WL file becomes
> corrupt, then there is a possibility that you won't have ANYTHING to show
> for it.
>
> I have checked the WL help files, but other than doing a periodic "save", 
> I
> can't find any other info on backing up your log.
>
> Now, I started wondering what may happen if you ignored the hint to save 
> the
> log, and let the backup.adi file just grow.
>
> Would it, as I think, (and no, I have not yet tried it) keep all the QSO
> data in it?
> If it does, then surely you would be able to use this file after starting 
> WL
> again, and setting up the contest from the beginning, and then doing an
> "import" ?? (That may mean you have to ignore the prompt you get when you
> re-start WL on the odd occasion when your PC does something funny, and you
> have to reboot).
>
> Ron/Wayne, is there any possibility at all of including a back-up on a
> seperate drive in a future release?
> Maybe it could just be an ADIF file, or something like that, but a 
> seperate
> backup does seem to be required.
>
> Alternatively, maybe someone has found a solution, or maybe I have missed
> something in the help file?
>
> Any thoughts would be most welcome.
>
> 73 de Phil GU0SUP
>

Phil,
    I keep a backup by running a separate computer, with writelog networked. 
Makes showing the log to visitors easier also, they can look on the backup 
computer without disturbing the operator.

- Gordon, N1MGO   operating with the M.A.R.A  club as W1GZ in the CQWW 
contest.