• Re: New to XCSoar - Question on Logger

    From Moshe Braner@21:1/5 to Steven Keltie on Sat Oct 22 20:54:13 2022
    On 10/22/2022 8:18 PM, Steven Keltie wrote:
    Hi, all! I've just started using XCSoar 7. My understanding is that it has an internal logger but, it doesn't seem to be saving flights anywhere. Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
    -Steve

    What device are you using it on? I am not sure about the very recent
    versions of Android, but in the older versions the logs are saved in the
    "logs" subfolder within the "xcsoardata" folder at the root of the main
    storage area. That xcsoardata folder is also where you (or it) put your
    map, waypoints, and configuration files.

    You can use a "file manager" type app (a simple one comes with Android),
    or the file selection browsing capability of a web browser app, to find
    that folder and handle the log files. E.g., copy them to a flash memory device, attach them to an email, copy them to cloud storage, whatever
    suits you.

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  • From Steven Keltie@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 22 17:18:30 2022
    Hi, all! I've just started using XCSoar 7. My understanding is that it has an internal logger but, it doesn't seem to be saving flights anywhere. Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
    -Steve

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  • From RR@21:1/5 to ske...@gmail.com on Sun Oct 23 04:23:32 2022
    On Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 8:18:31 PM UTC-4, ske...@gmail.com wrote:
    Hi, all! I've just started using XCSoar 7. My understanding is that it has an internal logger but, it doesn't seem to be saving flights anywhere. Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
    -Steve
    I am having the same issue. Previous versions have used the xcsoardata directory but the newest version does not seem to use that directory. Suggestions welcome.

    RR

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  • From Martin Gregorie@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 23 12:28:01 2022
    On Sun, 23 Oct 2022 04:23:32 -0700 (PDT), RR wrote:

    On Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 8:18:31 PM UTC-4, ske...@gmail.com
    wrote:
    Hi, all! I've just started using XCSoar 7. My understanding is that it
    has an internal logger but, it doesn't seem to be saving flights
    anywhere. Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
    -Steve
    I am having the same issue. Previous versions have used the xcsoardata directory but the newest version does not seem to use that directory. Suggestions welcome.

    Have you looked at the online manual? Its on their website: https://www.xcsoar.org/


    The manual for v7.27 seems quite clear about there data and log files are stored: https://download.xcsoar.org/releases/7.27/XCSoar-manual.pdf


    --

    Martin | martin at
    Gregorie | gregorie dot org

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  • From Edward Lockhart@21:1/5 to Martin Gregorie on Sun Oct 23 06:01:27 2022
    On Sunday, 23 October 2022 at 13:28:05 UTC+1, Martin Gregorie wrote:
    On Sun, 23 Oct 2022 04:23:32 -0700 (PDT), RR wrote:

    On Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 8:18:31 PM UTC-4, ske...@gmail.com
    wrote:
    Hi, all! I've just started using XCSoar 7. My understanding is that it
    has an internal logger but, it doesn't seem to be saving flights
    anywhere. Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
    -Steve
    I am having the same issue. Previous versions have used the xcsoardata directory but the newest version does not seem to use that directory. Suggestions welcome.

    Have you looked at the online manual? Its on their website: https://www.xcsoar.org/


    The manual for v7.27 seems quite clear about there data and log files are stored: https://download.xcsoar.org/releases/7.27/XCSoar-manual.pdf


    --

    Martin | martin at
    Gregorie | gregorie dot org

    It's a newish Android policy that all apps should store data in a Android/data/ directory, for XCSoar that would be Android/data/org.xcsoar/files. AIUI there are no file manager apps that can directly access that folder on the device but if you plug it
    in to a computer & turn on file transfer you can access that folder with the computer's file manager.

    Old XCSoar installations can still use the XCSoarData folder but new installations have to use the Android/data folder.

    https://github.com/XCSoar/XCSoar/issues/894

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  • From Moshe Braner@21:1/5 to Edward Lockhart on Sun Oct 23 16:05:09 2022
    On 10/23/2022 9:01 AM, Edward Lockhart wrote:
    On Sunday, 23 October 2022 at 13:28:05 UTC+1, Martin Gregorie wrote:
    On Sun, 23 Oct 2022 04:23:32 -0700 (PDT), RR wrote:

    On Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 8:18:31 PM UTC-4, ske...@gmail.com
    wrote:
    Hi, all! I've just started using XCSoar 7. My understanding is that it >>>> has an internal logger but, it doesn't seem to be saving flights
    anywhere. Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
    -Steve
    I am having the same issue. Previous versions have used the xcsoardata
    directory but the newest version does not seem to use that directory.
    Suggestions welcome.

    Have you looked at the online manual? Its on their website:
    https://www.xcsoar.org/


    The manual for v7.27 seems quite clear about there data and log files are
    stored: https://download.xcsoar.org/releases/7.27/XCSoar-manual.pdf


    --

    Martin | martin at
    Gregorie | gregorie dot org

    It's a newish Android policy that all apps should store data in a Android/data/ directory, for XCSoar that would be Android/data/org.xcsoar/files. AIUI there are no file manager apps that can directly access that folder on the device but if you plug it
    in to a computer & turn on file transfer you can access that folder with the computer's file manager.

    Old XCSoar installations can still use the XCSoarData folder but new installations have to use the Android/data folder.

    https://github.com/XCSoar/XCSoar/issues/894

    Thank you. It seems that with every new version, Android is becoming
    more user-hostile, although it's still not quite as bad as iOS :-)

    I wonder if this issue is related to one a friend told me about, where
    he can edit tasks within the app and use them, but they are not
    remembered between sessions. It is as if the writing of task files
    fails - but with no error message.

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  • From Dan Marotta@21:1/5 to Moshe Braner on Sun Oct 23 14:55:28 2022
    I still run an old version of XCSoar on the right side of my Stemme as I
    find its bread crumb trail to be much better than the one provided by my ClearNav. I see no reason to upgrade my XCSoar version since it's not
    used for much any more.

    Regarding operating systems: A friend gave me a 21.5 inch iMac that his
    wife no longer used and I promptly formatted and partitioned the hard
    disk to run Linux. I did the same with my Windows laptop and I'm much
    happier with this OS. When my wife's Windows 8.1 becomes no longer
    usable, she'll also get the Linux treatment. She's a retired software
    engineer so it'll be like coming home for her!

    Dan
    5J

    On 10/23/22 14:05, Moshe Braner wrote:
    On 10/23/2022 9:01 AM, Edward Lockhart wrote:
    On Sunday, 23 October 2022 at 13:28:05 UTC+1, Martin Gregorie wrote:
    On Sun, 23 Oct 2022 04:23:32 -0700 (PDT), RR wrote:

    On Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 8:18:31 PM UTC-4, ske...@gmail.com
    wrote:
    Hi, all! I've just started using XCSoar 7. My understanding is that it >>>>> has an internal logger but, it doesn't seem to be saving flights
    anywhere. Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
    -Steve
    I am having the same issue. Previous versions have used the xcsoardata >>>> directory but the newest version does not seem to use that directory.
    Suggestions welcome.

    Have you looked at the online manual? Its on their website:
    https://www.xcsoar.org/


    The manual for v7.27 seems quite clear about there data and log files
    are
    stored: https://download.xcsoar.org/releases/7.27/XCSoar-manual.pdf


    --

    Martin | martin at
    Gregorie | gregorie dot org

    It's a newish Android policy that all apps should store data in a
    Android/data/ directory, for XCSoar that would be
    Android/data/org.xcsoar/files. AIUI there are no file manager apps
    that can directly access that folder on the device but if you plug it
    in to a computer & turn on file transfer you can access that folder
    with the computer's file manager.

    Old XCSoar installations can still use the XCSoarData folder but new
    installations have to use the Android/data folder.

    https://github.com/XCSoar/XCSoar/issues/894

    Thank you.  It seems that with every new version, Android is becoming
    more user-hostile, although it's still not quite as bad as iOS  :-)

    I wonder if this issue is related to one a friend told me about, where
    he can edit tasks within the app and use them, but they are not
    remembered between sessions.  It is as if the writing of task files
    fails - but with no error message.


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  • From whir@tilde.club@21:1/5 to Steven Keltie on Mon Oct 24 18:35:02 2022
    When I upgraded to Android 13 (or a recent security update), I had to switch file managers to be able to get to

    /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xcsoar/files/logs

    The one I used to use no longer had permission to this path.

    FV File Explorer (name in UI on phone, from FolderV, free version) takes on permissions from a specified app, specified each launch of the file manager. I imagine there are other file managers or soon will be others that do this move.


    On 2022-10-23, Steven Keltie <skelt42@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hi, all! I've just started using XCSoar 7. My understanding is that it has an internal logger but, it doesn't seem to be saving flights anywhere. Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
    -Steve

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  • From John Foster@21:1/5 to wh...@tilde.club on Mon Oct 24 14:48:44 2022
    On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 12:35:16 PM UTC-6, wh...@tilde.club wrote:
    When I upgraded to Android 13 (or a recent security update), I had to switch file managers to be able to get to

    /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xcsoar/files/logs

    The one I used to use no longer had permission to this path.

    FV File Explorer (name in UI on phone, from FolderV, free version) takes on permissions from a specified app, specified each launch of the file manager. I imagine there are other file managers or soon will be others that do this move.
    On 2022-10-23, Steven Keltie <ske...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hi, all! I've just started using XCSoar 7. My understanding is that it has an internal logger but, it doesn't seem to be saving flights anywhere. Any suggestions?

    Thanks!
    -Steve

    For an older Android OS phone, go to the "My Files" app. Look in "XCSoar Data", then (probably near the bottom) "Logs". This should give you a list of all the .igc flight traces. You can then click on the "..." to "select", and then "share" the file
    in whichever way you need to.

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