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{{Template:Version badge Mx}} MX only[[Category:Cumulus Files]] | |||
This Wiki category was created when MX was a Steve Loft beta with limited functionality, it was unclear which pages should reference this category, and this category may be deprecated, or deleted in future, because [[:Category:Files with Comma Separated Values]] has superseded it now Mark Crossley has further developed MX. | |||
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= The file types used by Cumulus = | = The file types used by Cumulus = | ||
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Essentially, there are 2 file types used by all flavours of Cumulus: | Essentially, there are 2 file types used by all flavours of Cumulus: | ||
# '''.ini''' file type - these hold values that represent sums, counts, or extremes, for cumulus to read, and update, as it reads the weather observations, click on [[:Category:Ini Files]] for details. | # '''.ini''' file type - these hold values that represent sums, counts, or extremes, for cumulus to read, and update, as it reads the weather observations, click on [[:Category:Ini Files]] for details. | ||
# '''.txt''' file type - these are the logs that Cumulus updates at defined intervals to hold details of what has happened, but it can also read these files when requested, | # '''.txt''' file type - these are the logs that Cumulus updates at defined intervals to hold details of what has happened, but it can also read these files when requested, click on [[:Category:Files with Comma Separated Values]] for details. | ||
Note that there are a few .txt files, in this category, that do not use comma separated value format, like the NOAA style files in "Reports" folder. That is why this category still exists! | |||
[[File:Badge v1.png]] The following types were used by Cumulus 1: | [[File:Badge v1.png]] The following types were used by Cumulus 1: | ||
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=Differences in .txt files= | =Differences in .txt files= | ||
The files linked below all use plain text, so that they can be edited outside Cumulus. There are a number of formats | The files linked below all use plain text, so that they can be edited outside Cumulus. There are a number of formats. | ||
The files will be different depending on the device running MX. So on Microsoft Windows Operating System each line is terminated by a pair of characters (CR and LF), on a UNIX-derived system where Linux uses just LF to end a line, and some versions of Mac Operating System use just CR to terminate each line. | The files will be different depending on the device running MX. So on Microsoft Windows Operating System each line is terminated by a pair of characters (CR and LF), on a UNIX-derived system where Linux uses just LF to end a line, and some versions of Mac Operating System use just CR to terminate each line. |
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