SystemD will now remove files from tmp directories so not sure that storing long term data there is a good idea any more.
On Mon, 1 Dec 2025, 17:05 vince, <[email protected]> wrote: > Agree. Historically /var is for writable data and /tmp is temporary data, > and /var/tmp is persistent temporary data. > > So for one extension perhaps…. > > config={ > 'Almanac': { > 'Skymap': { > 'enable':'true', > ‘user_data’: ‘/var/tmp/Skymap’, > } > } > > or anywhere the weewxd user can write to.., > > On Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 9:47:28 PM UTC-8 Karen K wrote: > >> vince schrieb am Sonntag, 30. November 2025 um 22:14:27 UTC+1: >> >> Does USER_DATA or USER_TMP or USER_VAR or WEEWX_TMP or the like make any >> sense ? >> >> >> If you ask me, then I would connect names including TMP to places, where >> data is saved a very short time, for example during installation or during >> one single report creation cycle. The data Skyfield saves is used for days >> and months and updated on a regular basis. It is a kind of database. So out >> of the examples USER_DATA or USER_VAR seem to me a better choice for >> such kind of data. >> >> > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/cc3dfdaa-d011-4647-b5aa-685f39c97865n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/cc3dfdaa-d011-4647-b5aa-685f39c97865n%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAGTinV73qdwVMZPVzsnddd3HckGYfiwrYtAnAuqbac0iLM7n4g%40mail.gmail.com.
