Andrew, you may be right - and that's why I mentioned I was confused earlier - quite a few generators that do different things. :)
Still - I'm not sure where the issue lies with this particular issue yet. I don't think it's a CopyGenerator problem as initially reported. That was what my testing was trying to rule out. On Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 10:57:52 AM UTC-5, Andrew Milner wrote: > > Pat > If I am understanding correctly it is the report generator which is > putting the .json files in the correct place - not the copy generator. > > > > On Tuesday, 27 November 2018 16:44:52 UTC+2, Pat wrote: >> >> Gary, understood on all counts. My belief is that the copy generator will >> copy the newly generated files by the report generator. In this case, it's >> the 4 json files. This is how it's working in Belchertown 0.7, as well as >> in 0.8rc1,2,3. I don't think I need to explicitly specify copy_always = >> *.json. If this were the case, then the Standard skin would have copy_always >> = *.html - which is does not. Further, my skin would have been broken >> since 0.1. >> >> Aside from all of that, I did perform an install with the install.py, and >> my syslog did return an error of a missing file. It doesn't seem to be >> related, but still something I just fixed in a recent commit. >> >> Back to this issue: From an install using setup.py, I have installed the >> Belchertown skin using /home/weewx/bin/wee_extension --install. My >> weewx.conf is below: >> >> [[Highcharts_Belchertown]] >> HTML_ROOT = public_html/belchertown >> skin = Highcharts_Belchertown >> [[Belchertown]] >> HTML_ROOT = public_html/belchertown >> skin = Belchertown >> >> >> Upon issuing a /home/weewx/bin/wee_reports, I get the following: >> >> Nov 27 14:32:09 setuppy wee_reports[1473]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 4 >> files for report Highcharts_Belchertown in 2.52 seconds >> Nov 27 14:32:09 setuppy wee_reports[1473]: copygenerator: copied 0 files >> to /home/weewx/public_html/belchertown >> >> >> However, within /home/weewx/public_html/belchertown/json I have 4 json >> files with a timestamp of 14:32. So it seems it IS copying them, but it's >> saying it is NOT. >> >> The charts on the website are updated as well. >> >> And again at 9:40 (note my system is in UTC, so it shows 14:40): >> >> Nov 27 14:40:18 setuppy weewx[1689]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 4 files >> for report Highcharts_Belchertown in 2.70 seconds >> Nov 27 14:40:18 setuppy weewx[1689]: copygenerator: copied 0 files to / >> home/weewx/public_html/belchertown >> >> root@setuppy:/home/weewx# ls -al /home/weewx/public_html/belchertown/json >> total 3320 >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 27 14:40 . >> drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Nov 27 14:40 .. >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4150 Nov 27 *14:40 day.**json* >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1035 Nov 27 14:32 earthquake.json >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14 Nov 27 14:40 index.html >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1961 Nov 27 *14:40 month.**json* >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2157 Nov 27 *14:40 week.**json* >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9995 Nov 27 14:40 weewx_data.json >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3353388 Nov 27 *14:40 year.**json* >> >> >> And the charts have updated as well for 9:40. >> >> At this time I don't see anything wrong with Belchertown. Maybe a slight >> cosmetic bug with the output of the copygenerator? >> >> >> *Rich*, when you see the archive interval run and it says 0 files >> copied, please confirm the timestamps on the files in bold above. Do they >> update? >> >> If you have MQTT disabled on your Belchertown skin, you will need to >> refresh the page to see the updated charts. >> >> Let me know what happens. >> >> >> >> On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 9:25:34 PM UTC-5, gjr80 wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 27 November 2018 12:09:05 UTC+10, Pat wrote: >>>> >>>> Ok your explanation is my understanding as well. Understood on Rich's >>>> report of 0 files copied - which is why I'm lost as to why it's failing >>>> since it should have 4 files to copy. The Belchertown highcharts skin >>>> should create new json files every archive interval, which should be a >>>> fresh copy to the HTML_DIR. >>>> >>> >>> Now you are confusing me. You say 'it should have 4 files to copy', that >>> implies to me you are expecting the report generator to generate 4 files >>> then you are expecting them to be copied somewhere. Given the conversation >>> centres on the copy generator I take it you are expecting the copy >>> generator to copy these 4 .json files. The 4 files are in fact >>> generated by the report generator, this is evidenced by: >>> >>> Nov 25 17:35:44 raspberrypi weewx[1619]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 4 >>> files for report Highcharts_Belchertown in 6.84 seconds >>> >>> but the copy generator will never copy these files, the copy generator >>> file specs in Highcharts_Belchertown skin config file do not match >>> *.json files and as I said earlier a properly configured skin does not need >>> such files to be copied. >>> >>> I'm sorry if this seems to be pedantic but when you start talking about >>> copying files and copy generators etc you need to quite specific. >>> >>> >>>> Unless there's a typo in a config, or something else, that's preventing >>>> that from happening. My comment of "first I'm hearing of it" is in regards >>>> to the 3 or so beta testers of 0.8 who haven't reported this issue. >>>> >>> >>> In this case I think a bit of sleuthing might be needed on Rich' system >>> to ensure the generated files content looks correct (do they have data), >>> are saved (not copied) to the correct directory and then suitably made >>> available (copied or via symlink) to the web server. Then make sure the JS >>> is looking in the correct location for the .json files. >>> >>> Gary >>> >> -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
