Re: [Rails-devel] Log file query

[Aliza P. <ali...@gm...>]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Chris Shaffer <chr...@gm...> wrote:
> One of our players says:
>
>> It looks like the 18xx.log file mod. date is updated when you
>> close a .rails file even if you don't make any changes.  Is there
>> a way to review the game without forcing an update to the
>> log - other than copying the directory and opening that?

If you use a copy of Rails in one directory to open a savefile in
another directory, then the logfile is in the same directory as the
software, not the data.

For example, in my PBEM games the Dropbox shared file area has data
files only, and we each run our own copies of the Rails software (a
slightly more secure model, though a bit more error prone if players
need to keep track of which software version to use with which game.)

 - Aliza