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strange characters in mirc logs...help #43157 20/08/03 10:24 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1 N noxx555 OP Mostly harmless
OP noxx555 Mostly harmless N Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1	last time I looked a log in my mirc directory..I've noticed that a part of the log was overwritten by some random characters,there was even a whole winamp playlist file(*.M3U),enclosed in the log. here are some sample of characters(¡›££ Ÿœ¡œ¢Ÿ¡¢¡¢£¡¡¥¢¢),and a part of the playlist like (#EXTINF:245,Red Hot Chili Peppers - can't stop) Can someone help me to determine the cause of that error Thnx!

Re: strange characters in mirc logs...help #43158 20/08/03 10:31 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK C Collective Hoopy frood
Collective Hoopy frood C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK	You posted this twice, probably by mistake, you can remove the other by going to Edit -> "Delete this post". Other people have reported this problem (some get Half Life configs in their logs), but I don't think a fix has been found. This is a stab in the dark but have you tried changing "Lock log files" setting in mIRC Options -> IRC -> Logging. The description of this option in the help file is vague, so I don't actually know what it does...anyone?

Re: strange characters in mirc logs...help #43159 20/08/03 12:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,985 Hill End, NSW, Australia Watchdog Hoopy frood
Watchdog Hoopy frood Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,985 Hill End, NSW, Australia	It stops you opening the log while the room is open but I don't know what benefit there is for it.

Re: strange characters in mirc logs...help #43160 21/08/03 12:30 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 117 Netherlands R Rich Vogon poet
Rich Vogon poet R Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 117 Netherlands	I think it makes windows lock the files from other applications while mIRC is using them. $input(Me like stars, You too?)

Re: strange characters in mirc logs...help #43161 22/08/03 04:49 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,127 BratLand P ParaBrat Hoopy frood
ParaBrat Hoopy frood P Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,127 BratLand	If Lock Log Files is turned off, log files are opened, written to, and closed each time a new line is written to the log. If its on, then log files are opened/written to and only closed when you close the window or turn logging off. Description of this particular option is detailed in the versions.txt for 5.1. Just as an FYI for those who dont know, you can d/l a complete versions.txt for all releases to date at http://www.mirc.co.uk/versions.txt ParaBrat @#mIRCAide DALnet

Re: strange characters in mirc logs...help #43162 22/08/03 09:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 27 Minneapolis, MN, USA F fez Ameglian cow
fez Ameglian cow F Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 27 Minneapolis, MN, USA	i'm gonna take a wild guess here: has your computer crashed or rebooted while mirc was active? that can cause logfiles (and even scriptfiles) to become corrupted, as they're "open" when they should be "closed" - fez

Re: strange characters in mirc logs...help #43163 27/08/03 09:25 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 19 Michigan U UrbanPuppet Pikka bird
UrbanPuppet Pikka bird U Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 19 Michigan	yeah, the same thing happened to me during that major power outage a few weeks back

Re: strange characters in mirc logs...help #43164 04/09/03 05:08 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 18 Dublin, Ireland _ _CyRuSS_ Pikka bird
_CyRuSS_ Pikka bird _ Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 18 Dublin, Ireland	The same thing has happened to me many times ______________ Kiss me, I'm Irish!

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