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All the (optional) files in the [[Reports folder]] can be copied across from a previous installation. If your previous installation was not on Linux, see [[#Line terminators in .txt files]] | All the (optional) files in the [[Reports folder]] can be copied across from a previous installation. If your previous installation was not on Linux, see [[#Line terminators in .txt files]] | ||
All the files in the [[data folder]] can also be copied across | All the files in the [[data folder]] can also be copied across, but be aware your new installation has to use the same "locale" as the old installation, or MX will struggle as the locale affects how new lines are stored, and how MX expects old lines to have been stored. Microsoft Windows uses different line terminators, see [[#Line terminators in .txt files]], although MX should cope, any third party routines reading your data files will probably not accept a line terminator change. | ||
If your previous Cumulus installation was of the legacy software, version 1.9.4, or earlier, then you need to do a lot of reading: | |||
If your previous Cumulus installation was version 1.9.4, or earlier, then you need to do a lot of reading: | |||
* [[Amending dayfile]] tells you about how MX is far more fussy about the content in [[dayfile.txt]] | * [[Amending dayfile]] tells you about how MX is far more fussy about the content in [[dayfile.txt]] | ||
* [[:Category:Ini Files|.ini files]] explains how time-stamps are formatted differently in the extreme tracking files | * [[:Category:Ini Files|.ini files]] explains how time-stamps are formatted differently in the extreme tracking files | ||