I'll answer myself :) Didn't read right and python executed wrong. correct: python /checkWeewx.py /pathToConfigFile/checkWeewx.config i.: python /checkWeewx.py Greetings Silvio
Silvio Schömann schrieb am Samstag, 22. Januar 2022 um 14:44:56 UTC+1: > Hello everyone, I have an error message 'too few arguments' What am I > doing wrong ? > > sama...@gmail.com schrieb am Freitag, 19. Juni 2020 um 23:51:52 UTC+2: > >> Yes, that is correct. The idea is that there is something really going >> wrong if you have this happening multiple times. (You can bypass that by >> setting the restarts in the config to a higher number but I would not >> advise to do so) >> >> If it is a one off, then resetting the number in the flag file to 0 would >> work best and is a safer approach. >> >> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 5:04 PM James Bellanca <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I know this threads a little old, but thanks for the script. I just >>> implemented it now. >>> >>> It appears that after it detects WeeWx is down, it restarts it, but then >>> leaves the weewxNotRunning.txt file out there with the number of retries in >>> it. So, say it has to restart WeeWx, successfully does so, and a week later >>> does it again, etc. After the 3rd week, because it counts as a "retry" and >>> the file's left out there, it will stop. So, in other words, you have to >>> know, if you get the email, make sure you go out there and delete >>> the weewxNotRunning.txt manually to reset the counter, or it'll stop >>> working after the 3rd time it happens. I'm not missing anything, right? >>> >>> >>> On Friday, September 13, 2013 at 7:44:28 PM UTC-4, Constantine Samaklis >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I thought I would give something back to the group since I have gotten >>>> good help to my questions. I have created a Python utility script that can >>>> be ran periodically (cron?) to check if weewx is running and if it is not, >>>> it will send out an email with a number of lines from the end of the log >>>> (/var/log/messages, or whatever log you want) that would show the error >>>> that weewx encountered. The script will try to restart weex a number of >>>> pre >>>> configurable times, in case the error was a fluke rather than a fatal one. >>>> >>>> The script will stop trying to send messages after it has reached the >>>> indicated *restarts* times in the configuration times, and you will >>>> need to delete the *flagFile* that has been created. (or write a 0 in >>>> it). The script has a configurable log rotation, where you can indicate >>>> the >>>> log rotation interval (in days) and the days of logs to keep. >>>> >>>> *logOutput* is the temporary tail of the messages log (or could be the >>>> syslog or whatever you specify) that will be emailed as an attachment if >>>> weewx is found not to be running. >>>> >>>> I hope everyone finds this somewhat useful. If you are somewhat >>>> paranoid about your weather station being up 24/7 like me then you >>>> probably >>>> will. :-) >>>> >>>> Questions and comments are welcome. >>>> >>>> >>>> #configuration file for checking routine >>>> [mail] >>>> fromaddr=us...@gmail.com >>>> toaddr=tou...@gmail.com >>>> msgSubj=weewx process is not running >>>> body=weewx process is not running. Please check the attached log and >>>> address the issue >>>> userName=gmailu...@gmail.com >>>> password=yourPwd >>>> smtpServer=smtp.gmail.com:587 >>>> >>>> [logging] >>>> logDir=/home/user/scripts >>>> logFile=checkWeewx.log >>>> logOutput=tail.log >>>> linesToTail=200 >>>> logToTail=/var/log/messages >>>> logRotationDayInterval=1 >>>> logDaysToKeep=5 >>>> >>>> [weewx] >>>> #how many times to try and restart the weewx process >>>> restarts=3 >>>> flagLogDir=/home/user/scripts >>>> flagFile=weewxNotRunning.txt >>>> startCommand=sudo /etc/init.d/weewx start >>>> >>>> You can launch the script by typing: Python ./checkWeewx.py >>>> /pathToConfigFile/checkWeewx.config >>>> >>>> The configuration format: >>>> >>>> #configuration file for checking routine >>>> [mail] >>>> fromaddr=us...@gmail.com >>>> toaddr=tou...@gmail.com >>>> msgSubj=weewx process is not running >>>> body=weewx process is not running. Please check the attached log and >>>> address the issue >>>> userName=gmailu...@gmail.com >>>> password=yourPwd >>>> smtpServer=smtp.gmail.com:587 >>>> >>>> [logging] >>>> logDir=/home/user/scripts >>>> logFile=checkWeewx.log >>>> logOutput=tail.log >>>> linesToTail=200 >>>> logToTail=/var/log/messages >>>> logRotationDayInterval=1 >>>> logDaysToKeep=5 >>>> >>>> [weewx] >>>> #how many times to try and restart the weewx process >>>> restarts=3 >>>> flagLogDir=/home/user/scripts >>>> flagFile=weewxNotRunning.txt >>>> startCommand=sudo /etc/init.d/weewx start >>>> >>> -- >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/9yskDGu9vI0/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3e10898a-5ec9-4ee1-b4ea-aceb85e8602ao%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3e10898a-5ec9-4ee1-b4ea-aceb85e8602ao%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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