Ken,
Would you mind explaining the workings of the storage and location of the Metar files.
We download Metar from 3 locations. The 3 files are stored in the standard location as ./cache/metarcache-XXXX.txt
However we also see a file at ./metar-XXXX.txt. This has always the same (being the first file) when I have seen it.
The wxstatus page appears to use this latter file for the currency check. However this file is frequently old and wxstatus accordingly indicates Metar as NOT Current. However the ./cache/metarcache-XXXX.txt is current.
I have modified the code in wxstatus to check the ./cache/metarcache-XXXX.txt.
What is the purpose of the ./metar-XXXX.txt file and when is it created?
Thanks
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Metar files location/names
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Re: Metar files location/names
Hmmm..
Both the include-metar-display.php and the CU-defs.php use the function inside get-metar-conditions-inc.php file and that file uses
$metarCacheName = $cacheFileDir."metarcache-$icao.txt";
to store the cache file in the cache directory.
I don't know where 'metar-$icao.txt' comes from. I just checked my test site cache directory and find no 'metar-$icao.txt' named files.. only 'metarcache-$icao.txt' formatted.
Perhaps you have some other metar script running?
And the default include-wxstatus.php page does not have a built-in check for the metar cache freshness...
Best regards,
Ken
Both the include-metar-display.php and the CU-defs.php use the function inside get-metar-conditions-inc.php file and that file uses
$metarCacheName = $cacheFileDir."metarcache-$icao.txt";
to store the cache file in the cache directory.
I don't know where 'metar-$icao.txt' comes from. I just checked my test site cache directory and find no 'metar-$icao.txt' named files.. only 'metarcache-$icao.txt' formatted.
Perhaps you have some other metar script running?
And the default include-wxstatus.php page does not have a built-in check for the metar cache freshness...
Best regards,
Ken
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Re: Metar files location/names
I have added some additional tests to the wxstatus page but did not think metar was one of them. However I have checked the original source and Metar is not there so I must have added it. I'll leave it the way it is now - checking the file in ./cache/
The 'metar-$icao.txt' is not in the cache but in the same directory as all the scripts.
Have done some testing and find it is created when ajax-dashboard is run.
Further searching across all scripts found that cloudbase.php has it's own metar collection, age checking and storage routines and it is using $metarFile = 'metar-'.$icao.'.txt'; so is presumably the creator of the mystery file. This particular script is ex basheva, yourself and Ray @ Tzouhalem-Maple Bay who appears last so presumably was the last editor. The script is dated 04 Aug 2011 @00h00 and has no version number.
I will do some testing with the options as it seems metar is only used for cloud height in the cloudbase script.
The 'metar-$icao.txt' is not in the cache but in the same directory as all the scripts.
Have done some testing and find it is created when ajax-dashboard is run.
Further searching across all scripts found that cloudbase.php has it's own metar collection, age checking and storage routines and it is using $metarFile = 'metar-'.$icao.'.txt'; so is presumably the creator of the mystery file. This particular script is ex basheva, yourself and Ray @ Tzouhalem-Maple Bay who appears last so presumably was the last editor. The script is dated 04 Aug 2011 @00h00 and has no version number.
I will do some testing with the options as it seems metar is only used for cloud height in the cloudbase script.