Re: [Rails-devel] Log file query

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

OK, that would work.  I guess the question is whether we even care if there
are conflicts?  Since the 18xx.log file has no real effect on game play...

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On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:

>  Oh, I see. Phil's last mail clarifies it for me.
> One idea is to have different people run with different .properties files,
> each specifying a different log file name.
> You can set a personal .properties file on the command line by adding the
> option
>
> -Dconfigfile=Chris.properties or Phil.properties or whatever.
>
> So give each player a separate .bat or .sh file to start Rails.
>
> Erik.
>
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> *From:* Erik Vos [mailto:eri...@xs...]
> *Sent:* Wednesday 20 January 2010 00:05
>
> *To:* 'Development list for Rails: an 18xx game'
> *Subject:* Re: [Rails-devel] Log file query
>
>  Not sure what the problem is.
> Are we talking about log files or save files?
> You can set the log file location and name in your copy of my.properties:
> log4j.appender.F.File=<path>
>
> Erik.
>
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> *From:* Chris Shaffer [mailto:chr...@gm...]
> *Sent:* Tuesday 19 January 2010 23:00
> *To:* Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
> *Subject:* Re: [Rails-devel] Log file query
>
> Right, I understand that, but we are using Rails in the Dropbox directory
> and sharing it.  We know it is a slight security risk but keeping the
> software version synchronized trumped that.
>
> So, the questions remain:
>
> 1) Is there any way to prevent Rails from saving the log file on exit if no
> actions are taken;
> 2) What are the conflicted log files, and what purpose do they serve;
> 3) Are 1 and 2 the same question?
>
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> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Aliza Panitz <ali...@gm...>wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
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