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* don't use a word processor (that adds lots of unwanted control characters), | * don't use a word processor (that adds lots of unwanted control characters), | ||
* don't change the format of files for example don't change format of dates or real numbers (using a spreadsheet, like Microsoft Office Excel or Libre Office Calc, don't let dates or special numbers be recognised), | * don't change the format of files for example don't change format of dates or real numbers (using a spreadsheet, like Microsoft Office Excel or Libre Office Calc, don't let dates or special numbers be recognised), | ||
* don't add 'Byte Order Mark' ( | * don't add 'Byte Order Mark' (traditionally, Microsoft and Google software treat a BOM as a required magic number and add a BOM when saving text as UTF-8. Google Docs also adds a BOM when converting a document to a plain text file for download. | ||
* don't add blank lines to any Comma Separated Value files(the only 'blank' line in a log file is the final one, where Cumulus will later append the next item), (you can add blank lines to log files that contain "attribute=value" lines such as 'today.ini') | * don't add blank lines to any Comma Separated Value files(the only 'blank' line in a log file is the final one, where Cumulus will later append the next item), (you can add blank lines to log files that contain "attribute=value" lines such as 'today.ini') | ||
* don't add any header lines to any log files where Cumulus needs to read the file as well as update it (Cumulus reads all log files except Alltimelog.txt). | * don't add any header lines to any log files where Cumulus needs to read the file as well as update it (Cumulus reads all log files except Alltimelog.txt). | ||
== TYPES == | == TYPES == | ||
Essentially, there are 5 types: | Essentially, there are 5 types: | ||