Re: Using a Different Configuration File

[Austin Seraphin, KA3TTT]

Hi. Thanks for responding. The AUR has version 1.4.0. Neither solution
worked. No matter what it reads the default logcfg. file. Interestingly,
installing directly from source solved the problem. I use the first
method to have a separate logcfg.dat. Perfect, thanks! Perhaps the
package maintainer will read this.



On 2/19/20 6:39 AM, Thomas Beierlein wrote:
> Hi Austin,
>
> I had a look at the Arch repository. From there I think you have
> a tlf-1.3.0 version.
>
> You have two ways to solve your problem:
>
> 1. Drop the space between '-f' and the filename, e.g.
>
> $ tlf -fqrpfoxhunt.dat
>
> 2. Use a separate directory, name the config file there just
> 'logcfg.dat' and call tlf without '-f'
>
> $ mkdir ~/tlf/contestdir
> $ cp logcfg.dat ~/tlf/contestdir
> $ cd ~/tlf/contestdir
>
>   adapt logcfg.dat as you like and finally just call
>
> $ tlf
>
> Hope that solves the problem.
>
> 73, de Tom DL1JBE
>
>
>  Am Tue, 18 Feb 2020 23:32:50 -0500
> schrieb "Austin Seraphin, KA3TTT" <address@hidden>:
>
>> I installed TLF from the Arch User Repository. The first time I ran
>> it, it created ~/tlf, and copied a working file structure into it,
>> including rules, a logcfg.dat, and other files. I successfully edited
>> the logcfg.dat and began using it, but I can't seem to figure out how
>> to use another log file. I tried the obvious way of copying
>> logcfg.dat to a new file, say qrpfoxhunt.dat, and invoking with
>>
>> tlf -f qrpfoxhunt.dat
>>
>> I then read the older documentation, which suggested setting up a
>> directory structure. I created ~/tlf/qrpfoxhunt and moved the
>> qrpfoxhunt.dat to ~/tlf/qrpfoxhunt/logcfg.dat. I also copied in
>> rules/contest. I then tried a number of invocations:
>>
>> tlf -f qrpfoxhunt
>>
>> tlf -f ~/tlf/qrpfoxhunt
>>
>> tlf -f ~/tlf/qrpfoxhunt/logcfg.dat
>>
>> but nothing works. What have I missed?
>>
>>
>> I use a screen reader for the blind, and think this program would work
>> well for me.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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73, Austin, KA3TTT
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