Re: [Xlog-discussion] Data loss

[Jon Kåre Hellan]

Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
> > > > > > "Jon" == Jon Kåre Hellan <address@hidden> writes:
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>     Jon> A few days ago, I reported that xlog had lost QSOs for me
>     Jon> this summer.  Unfortunately, it happened again this weekend,
>     Jon> during SAC. All QSOs from the last 6 hours of the contest -
>     Jon> 252 QSOs in all - were missing after I closed xlog.
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> Just out of curiosity, are you using autosave or 'save with every log
> entry' ?
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Autosave every 5 minutes. Not "save with every log entry".
>     Jon> The way I work is to log the contest in my regular log, and
>     Jon> export the relevant part afterwards. The log goes back to
>     Jon> Jan. 1. 2009. Before the contest, there were 3245 QSOs in
>     Jon> it. I worked 831 QSOs. 579 survived, the final 252 were lost,
>     Jon> bringing the size of the log to 3824. The 2004-2008 log is in
>     Jon> another tab - size 6048 QSOs.
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> Looks like you have a wrong character in the file. Look in the .xlog
> directory and examine the logfile with an editor. Compare it with the
> backup. I had an issue like this when the notes field contained a
> newline character, sent from fldigi. After that, both fldigi and xlog
> were patched, the first the avoid sending cruft, the latter to avoid
> trashing the log on received cruft. 
>   
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't see anything like that.
> Other than that, may I suggest that you work contests on separate
> files, and eventually merge them with your bulk log when you're
> satisfied with the result ? 
>   
Makes sense. Thanks.

73 
Jon LA4RT