Re: Using a Different Configuration File

[Thomas Beierlein]

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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