[Dxspider-support] 01.dat file missing

[Tony K1AX]

Many thanks, Mike.

73, Tony K1AX

-----Original Message-----
From: Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk> On Behalf Of Mike McCarthy, W1NR via Dxspider-support
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 12:36 PM
To: dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk
Cc: Mike McCarthy, W1NR <lists at w1nr.net>
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] 01.dat file missing

I'm pretty sure that 01.dat is for January and 02.dat is February and can be ignored. However, there might be a permissions issue. Try

Stop dxspider
cd /
sudo chown -R sysop:spider spider
start dxspider

This assumes that you installed and run from user sysop and designated a group named spider.


--
73 de Mike, W1NR

THAT was the equation. EXISTENCE!... SURVIVAL!... must cancel out...
programming!

- Ruk -

On 2/6/2024 12:02 PM, Tony K1AX via Dxspider-support wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Question from a beginner. I recently installed WSL2 with the Ubuntu
> 22.04.3 distro. I then ran SV5FRI's installation script and all appears
> to be working ok with the exception of the following message, which
> repeats a dozen or so times when launching cluster.pl: '/usr/bin/tac:
> failed to open '/spider/local_data/log/2024/01.dat' for reading: No such
> file or directory'
>
> The only file in the /spider/local_data/log/2024 post installation was
> '02.dat'. I created an empty file called 01.dat and the error messages
> disappeared on startup, but I'm concerned that might not be the correct
> solution.
>
> What is '01.dat' used for and how is the file normally created?
>
> 73,
>
> Tony K1AX

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