Linux-Hams archive - October 1998: Re: loggedin file

Re: loggedin file

Tomi Manninen (usup@relay.tunkki.fi)
Tue, 6 Oct 1998 11:15:26 +0300 (EEST)


On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Gerd wrote:

> Salvador caballe <rafa.fldditi@bravallc.com> still has this problem:
>
> > > > var/ax25/node/loggedin:no such file or directory
> > > >
> > > You simply have to create the directory /var/ax25/node
> > > (mkdir /var/ax25/node as root).
> > > The node programm will then create the loggedin file itself.
> > >
> > I already have this directory

Node used to create this file if it didn't exist but it seems I have
broken the feature since. It has gone unnoticed because make install
should create it. Anyway I'll look into fixing that.

> > but always see the error : var/ax25/node/loggedin:no such file or
> directory
> >
> Then it seems node doesn't like you :-) , but that's no problem.
> Just create an empty file, e.g. with a text editor, name it loggedin
> and save it into /var/ax25/node . That's the way it worked for me a
> long time ago. Node filled in what it liked and the error message
> went away.

The educational message of the day: To create an empty file you use
"touch". See touch(1).

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