[analog-help] (sniffle) why can't I find the result?

[The Improbable Captain Overkill]

Howdy all,

K, I promise I have read everything. Probably I have read the answer three
hundred times and I am simply too ignorant to recognize it. One thing that
may be important: I used Macs for seventeen years before being seduced by
the dark side not so very long ago, so I fly by the seat of my pants a lot.
But I do RTFM! But I think this time I didn't understand it.

HWAT! Hear my tale of woe:

-I downloaded Analog 4.11 for my win98-running machine

-I extracted it using Conversions Plus

-I read the instructions

-I had to change the analog.cfg file to analog.cfg.txt to open it. I don't
know why; my machine wanted "program.exe" to open anything.cfg.
"Program.exe" does not exist (here). But my kind and thoughtful machine lets
me change the file to analog.cfg.txt, and then back to analog.cfg after I
configure it. Isn't that nice?

-I configured: I changed the LOGFILE, OUTFILE, (and the HOSTNAME and
HOSTURL, just like you said to)and then I added a HOSTEXCLUDE, which is why
I started this adventure to begin with

-I took the # away from the OUTFILE and from everything else that had one

-I'm pretty sure it analyzed my logfile, because it took significantly
longer than the first quick one that gave the example result

-No result showed up. I searched the machine for the file name I had
designated. Nada. So I tried:

-using a file path (for LOGFILE and OUTFILE) beginning with C\

-using a file path (for LOGFILE and OUTFILE) beginning with C:\ (no, I don't
know the difference-but I tried them both!)

-moving the log file into the same folder as analog.exe

-using no file path (for LOGFILE and OUTFILE), just the filename.html

-changing the extension of the log file to .log

-deleting the original logfile.log (the source of the first example
result.html, right?) that came with Analog

-designating an already-made blank page with the filename.html for the
OUTFILE

-trying the whole thing again in DOS (I know just barely enough DOS to cd
and run)

-reading the instructions again

-deleting everything and starting over again from download

-checking the archives of this list

-calling my PC-using-Darth-Darkside brother. He didn't know what I did
wrong. HA!

-getting a headache

-writing to the list and hoping I didn't sound as idiotic as I felt

-reading the nice, easy answer that will be here in the morning while I ate
breakfast. (hey- that's a case of "it happened tomorrow" What is that,
future pluperfect? plu-pluperfect?)

Aw, thanks guys! Looking forward to, er... already will be having used
Analog again.

Faithfully,

The Verbicide Captain Overkill

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