[WT-support] remote command for clear logs?

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

Thanks Mario,

I didn't know about REMOTE, and I'll try to update the Wiki again to explain
this better.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Nov 22, 2007 2:29 PM, Mario Lorenz <ml-wt at vdazone.org> wrote:

> Am 22. Nov 2007, um 14:17:42 schrieb Bob Wilson, N6TV:
>
> > This is such a great tip -- thanks!  I added it to the Wiki, plus some
> links
> > to it from elsewhere in the documentation.
> >
> >
> http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Multi-op/Clearing_all_logs_before_the_start
>
> Bob,
>
> the description on the wiki is somewhat misleading.
> You do NOT need to run the command on all machines; you rather use the
> REMOTE command facility and issue the command TO all machines.
>
> It should be mentioned that you should make sure that ALL machines are
> online at the time you do this; for you will screw up your log if you
> test with that laptop the day before, and then connect the laptop after
> the
> clearlog was done -- you will now sync the old test data into your live
> log. While the time stamps make it easy to filter these QSOs later, you
> might have forgotten to work that mult as it was already in your log.
>
> Also, advising for the autobackup facility to be turned off is a bad
> idea. I suggest having it turned on on at least one or two stations,
> backing up to disk, with the timestamps turned on. That way, you can
> recover (most of) your log, if for whatever reason the CLEARLOGNOW
> command gets executed during the contest...
>
> Mario
>
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