From: Alexander Vasarab <alexander@wylark.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 19:59:26 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Update README with program invocation fixes
X-Git-Tag: v1.0.0^2~5
X-Git-Url: https://wylark.com/src/infoex-autowx.git/commitdiff_plain/2324a120893dec7b946065c4a46680fa0ba0b8c9?hp=34a5aa872ba8f4fce7ba5ea6a27ccb2721d860b4

Update README with program invocation fixes
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 8e37c2e..39ce7bc 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -35,15 +35,17 @@ This design allows you to run a separate program instance for each NRCS
 weather station from which you'd like to automate the importation of
 data into your InfoEx subscriber account.
 
-To run ad-hoc:
+To run ad-hoc (be sure to activate the virtual environment, as detailed in the
+Installation section):
 
   ./infoex-autowx.py --config <path/to/config-file.ini>
 
 Here's an example of a crontab(5) with two SNOTEL sites, each of which
-will run once per hour:
+will run once per hour (note that this will activate the virtual environment
+created earlier):
 
-2 * * * * /home/alv/infoex-autowx/infoex-autowx.py --config laurance-lake.ini
-4 * * * * /home/alv/infoex-autowx/infoex-autowx.py --config mud-ridge.ini
+2 * * * * /usr/bin/env bash -c 'cd /home/user/infoex-autowx && source env/bin/activate && ./infoex-autowx.py --config laurance-lake.ini'
+4 * * * * /usr/bin/env bash -c 'cd /home/user/infoex-autowx && source env/bin/activate && ./infoex-autowx.py --config mud-ridge.ini'
 
 Configuration File
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