From 2324a120893dec7b946065c4a46680fa0ba0b8c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Vasarab Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:59:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README with program invocation fixes --- README | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) 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 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 ================== -- 2.30.2