that's one way of viewing things - but the only use I have for Linux is for running weewx and my garden irrigation, so some of us blindly copy instructions when in doubt. Fair point about the paragraph I missed though!! My mistake most definitely - it just did not jump out of the page at me - being under stress at the time as my irrigation has been out of action for 4 days now in 30+ degree heat due to my stupidity!!
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 19:34:53 UTC+3, vince wrote: > > On Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 8:15:09 AM UTC-7, Andrew Milner wrote: >> >> Having just been trying to reinstall weewx I have just found that the >> wiki is misleading/confusing regarding the commands for implementing >> logging to a separate file, logrotate and I suspect logwatch >> >> They all try and set a symlink to /etc/weewx/………. which is fine for a >> deb(I think) install, but need to be sudo ln -s /home/weewx/util/……. for a >> setup.py installation >> >> Just taken me a while to fathom out why the symlinks were having no >> effect as I had jut blindly copied what the instructions said to do!!!! >> >> Maybe someone could update the wiki >> > > > You might take another look at the wiki page: > > *"These instructions assume that weewx was installed from DEB or RPM > package. If weewx was installed using setup.py to /home/weewx, the weewx > logwatch files will be located in /home/weewx/util/logwatch instead > of /etc/weewx, so replace /etc/weewx with /home/weewx/util in the commands > below."* > > > > In general re: the wiki, I think it has too 'much' stuff in it that is > basic to how to run a linux/unix(y) system that is already documented in > hundreds of more authoritative online docs, tutorials, and howto type sites > on Internet. There's a limit to how much the weewx wiki can/should > duplicate for basics like logwatch/logrotate etc. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
