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Cumulus uses a number of files to configure Cumulus, log data, to report diagnostics, and hold output from Cumulus. Many of these files are described in pages accessed from sub-categories below, but there are some pages linked directly from this page. | Cumulus uses a number of files to configure Cumulus, log data, to report diagnostics, and hold output from Cumulus. Many of these files are described in pages accessed from sub-categories below, but there are some pages linked directly from this page. | ||
The pages that are associated with this category include some pages related to a Cumulus folder name, some pages describing Cumulus files identified by their filename, and some pages that relate to actions that you can do on the files (like amending them). | |||
It is perhaps worth reporting that in 2007-08, Steve Loft was in the process of changing his original Cumulus to use a SQL database to store the data. However, before and after that experiment the data was stored in [[Standard log files|Standard text files]]. He wrote in the forum (Mon 23 Jun 2008 11:34 am) "I did have have a 'branch' of Cumulus in development which used an SQL database to store the data, and a bonus with storing the data this way was a nice spreadsheet-type display to allow you to edit any of the values easily and safely. It could also export the data (or ranges thereof) in various formats, e.g. Excel. But I had a few problems with the database software, so I abandoned it. I may have a go at putting it back in at some point, but that might not be until Cumulus 2." | |||
When Steve Loft started Cumulus 3 (became MX), he conducted a poll in the support forum asking if people preferred text files or MySQL tables to store data. The response was that the majority of people found both useful, together with a suggestion that "SQLite3" was a simpler way to store database tables than MySQL. Anyway, MX has implemented the text files listed for this category, the SQLite3 files with a .db extension listed for this category, and supports MariaDB (or MySQL) on an external database server. |
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