Date:	6 Apr 1997 13:41:04 -0000
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To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
From:	b52g AT usa DOT net (JP Morris)
Subject:	Re: wish list 2.0

>On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Jason M. Daniels wrote:
>>
>> >I just thought of something, the config.log and autoexec.log files should
>> >always generate on a boot.  If there were no errors in config.sys when
>> >the machine booted then config.log could be erased.
>> >If there were no errors in autoexec.bat then autoexec.log could
>> >be erased.  Boots should do destructive writing of these log files.
>> 
>> I disagree. I think the logs should be *appended to* for each bootup.

>If non-destructive writing were done, the only systems ultimately opendos
>could be used on would have to have minimum 1 terabyte hard drives.
>

One of the things Mircosoft did _right_ was bootlog.txt and bootlog.prv.

I have even adopted this idea for one of my programs.  (Avios 2)

For those of you who don't know, on bootup, win95 logs everything
into bootlog.txt.  If there is already one (99.99% of the time) it
is renamed to bootlog.prv.

That way you always keep the previous log.


>> <snip>
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Jason Daniels -- bd733 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT edu
>> http://www.trailerpark.com/phase2/fireside/index.htm
>> Paradox #218: "Saying 'I'm very modest' isn't."
>> Commodore 64 forever!
>> 
>
>
>jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
>
>
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