GM>>> The above change eliminates some redundancy within the log
 GM>>> file:

 ML>> that redundancy is suppsed to be there... the log file analysers key
 ML>> on it... without it, they cannot tell what program did what...

 GM> Every new log entry has the date and "SCHED Process" in the
 GM> header line and since it is the SCHED.LOG file, I was of the
 GM> opinion that each operational line containing "SCHED: " was
 GM> totally unnecessary.

understandable... however, it is possible that other processes may write to
the same log file... some of the .BAT and BTM files that i execute do make
entries in the existing log file but they do not put in that header...

 ML>> in case yuo didn't see my original post about it, it is fashioned
 ML>> after bbs and mailer logs...

 GM> I guess I did not understand the purpose of your original post
 GM> or that you were operating post log analyzers on the log file.

 GM> If that is the case, then you are free to ignore all the
 GM> revisions that I had previously posted.

> not a problem... i can see how some who may not be
familiar with bbs log file formats may see redundancy and there is... but
that's the way its been for many years... while it may appear that i'm
shooting you down on those revisions, please note that i am not... since
the source code is posted, we are, aren't we, free to alter our version to
do as we want >

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