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Re: Slipdial logfile

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From: Stuart Tyrrell
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 00:00
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In message <96339a2e49%peter@vincefam.demon.co.uk>
          Peter Vincent <peter@vincefam.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I have just noticed that my Slipdial logfile goes back over a year,
> and is about 55k!

There must be a problem with your setup - that's far too short ;-)

(mine's over half a meg, although it does go back 2 years).

> Is it self-trimming, or do I need to trim it manually?  If so how?
> as the only menu option is Clear, which I assume deletes the entire
> log-file.

You should be able to load the file (!slipdial.logfile) into an editor
and lop the beginning off.

Regards,


Stuart.
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Subject: Re: Slipdial logfile
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