The file deleted was /var/lib/weewx/weewx.sdb. Sep 15 09:03:42 weewx-reynolds weewx[1991] INFO weewx.manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries Sep 15 09:03:42 weewx-reynolds weewx[1991] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2020-09-15 08:15:00 NZST (1600114500) to database 'weewx.sdb' Sep 15 09:03:43 weewx-reynolds weewx[1991] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2020-09-15 08:15:00 NZST (1600114500) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb' Sep 15 09:03:43 weewx-reynolds weewx[1991] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2020-09-15 08:20:00 NZST (1600114800) to database 'weewx.sdb' Sep 15 09:03:43 weewx-reynolds weewx[1991] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2020-09-15 08:20:00 NZST (1600114800) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
On Tuesday, 15 September 2020 at 08:52:16 UTC+12 tke...@gmail.com wrote: > What was the path of the weewx.sdb file that you deleted? It should be > /var/lib/weewx/weewx.sdb. > > You did not include a log, but I assume that weewxd is using that file, > and not one at /home/weewx/archive/weewx.sdb. > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 1:28 PM John Blanchard <jo...@kimberlite.co.nz> > wrote: > >> >> I'm running Weewx 4.11 on Debian 10 (Buster) with a Vantage Vue station. >> I want erase all historic data from my computer and rebuild from the >> memory of the weather station. (I know there is a few months of data held >> in its memory) >> This is the process followed to date:- >> >> - stop weewx >> - delete the weewx.sdb file >> - delete the contents of /etc/weewx >> - delete the contents of /var/www >> - uninstall weewx >> - purge weewx >> - reboot computer >> - reinstall weewx and wait for an initial rebuild of data from the >> weather stations memory >> >> But I do not get a full history rebuild into the new weewx.sdb - the >> database only rebuilds from the date/time of the last download from the >> station to the computer - which is say the last 30 minutes. >> There is obviously a record of the date/time of the previously downloaded >> data stored somewhere which I haven't found. Where is this held and how to >> I reset this to allow a full download, short of a reformat of the hard >> drive? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> -- >> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ea114e34-1012-43e1-bbf0-2f3dba4fcc11n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ea114e34-1012-43e1-bbf0-2f3dba4fcc11n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e874b202-8723-4f7e-939f-50ef284aec15n%40googlegroups.com.