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== How to restore a corrupted log file ==
== How to restore a corrupted log file ==
Full information about all the log files is in the [https://cumuluswiki.wxforum.net/a/Category:Log_Files Wiki], so you can study the notes linked from there, but here is a very quick summary.
Full information about all the log files is elsewhere  [[try |Category:Log_Files]], so you can study the notes linked from there, but here is a very quick summary.


''These notes are written for Cumulus 1, some attempt is made to also cover Cumulus MX, but the way that date/times are stored in Cumulus 1 and Cumulus MX files can be different, particularly for the '*.ini' files; consequently this summary does not cover any problems in files that have been ported from Cumulus 1 to Cumulus MX. ''
''These notes are written for Cumulus 1, some attempt is made to also cover Cumulus MX, but the way that date/times are stored in Cumulus 1 and Cumulus MX files can be different, particularly for the '*.ini' files; consequently this summary does not cover any problems in files that have been ported from Cumulus 1 to Cumulus MX. ''
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Cumulus 1 provides editors - go to Edit menu and pick the relevant extremes file, the either type over the figures that you want to change or use the buttons that load the more detailed log files and then figures from them can be copied into extreme file. There is an option (in the view menu) to read the latest detailed log for the current (or past) month, but there is no built in editor for those files.
Cumulus 1 provides editors - go to Edit menu and pick the relevant extremes file, the either type over the figures that you want to change or use the buttons that load the more detailed log files and then figures from them can be copied into extreme file. There is an option (in the view menu) to read the latest detailed log for the current (or past) month, but there is no built in editor for those files.


Cumulus MX does not provide editors for any log file - stop Cumulus MX and use an external editor.
Cumulus MX (from version 3.2.2 - build 3058) provides editors for key log files (all-time and monthly-all-time).


* Remember 'alltimelog.txt' logs each change made to 'alltime.ini' so you don't need to correct the former, but it can help you know how to regress the latter.
* Remember 'alltimelog.txt' logs each change made to 'alltime.ini' so you don't need to correct the former, but it can help you know how to regress the latter.
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