weewx.conf.<date>

[Jonathan Ryshpan]

Somewhere in the installation process the file weewx.conf.<date> was generated as a backup, like this:

$ ll
total 104
... 
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 25033 Sep 12 18:54 weewx.conf
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 23142 Sep 12 16:37 weewx.conf.20210912185425
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 22611 Apr  2  2021 weewx.conf.dist

This looks like a good system, and I'd like to continue it, but I've forgotten how the file was generated.  Can someone enlighten me?

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Sincerely Jonathan Ryshpan <jon...@pacbell.net>

	Anyone can do any amount of work, provided 
	it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing.
	--Robert Benchley

[vince]

You installed an extension or skin.  Weewx keeps backups of the file 'before' your change so you can easily reverse the changes if neded.

[Jonathan Ryshpan]

Thanks.  It must have happened when I modified weewx.conf  using wee_config.  Are there other wee_<whatever> programs that modify weewx.conf in a similar way?

On Sat, 2021-11-20 at 10:04 -0800, vince wrote:

You installed an extension or skin.  Weewx keeps backups of the file 'before' your change so you can easily reverse the changes if neded.

On Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 8:58:16 AM UTC-8 jonatha...@gmail.com wrote:

Somewhere in the installation process the file weewx.conf.<date> was generated as a backup, like this:

$ ll
total 104
... 
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 25033 Sep 12 18:54 weewx.conf
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 23142 Sep 12 16:37 weewx.conf.20210912185425
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 22611 Apr  2  2021 weewx.conf.dist

This looks like a good system, and I'd like to continue it, but I've forgotten how the file was generated.  Can someone enlighten me?

-- 

Sincerely Jonathan Ryshpan <jon...@pacbell.net>

	Fiat justitia, ruant coelis!

[vince]

yes - wee_extension comes to mind.   Basically any time you see something like that it's a backup of a previous configuration.