Index: trunk/ippTasks/register.pro
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTasks/register.pro	(revision 17653)
+++ trunk/ippTasks/register.pro	(revision 17665)
@@ -156,9 +156,12 @@
     ## generate output log based on filerule (convert the URI to a PATH)
     ## note that we use ipp_datapath here not ipp_filename because the CAMERA name is not yet controlled
-    $logfile = `ipp_datapath.pl $logfile`
+#echo before logfile is $logfile
+    $logfile = `ipp_datapath.pl --touch $logfile`
     if ("$logfile" == "") 
       echo "WARNING: logfile not defined in register.pro:160"
       break
     end
+
+#echo after logfile is $logfile
 
     stdout $logfile
@@ -287,9 +290,12 @@
     ## generate output log based on filerule (convert the URI to a PATH)
     ## note that we use ipp_datapath here not ipp_filename because the CAMERA name is not yet controlled
-    $logfile = `ipp_datapath.pl $logfile`
+#echo before logfile is $logfile
+    $logfile = `ipp_datapath.pl --touch $logfile`
     if ("$logfile" == "") 
       echo "WARNING: logfile not defined in register.pro:291"
       break
     end
+
+#echo after logfile is $logfile
 
     stdout $logfile
Index: trunk/ippTasks/summit.copy.pro
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTasks/summit.copy.pro	(revision 17653)
+++ trunk/ippTasks/summit.copy.pro	(revision 17665)
@@ -226,5 +226,5 @@
     periods      -exec     0.05
     periods      -poll     0.025
-    periods      -timeout  15
+    periods      -timeout  150
     # trage       16:00 23:59
     # trage       00:00 04:00