Thanks Gary that is what I needed. I copied that directory to another machine and the html doc files worked fine with the browser. @vince I have periodically created backups but I haven't needed to use them up to now. I will go through the process of restoring the existing database on a separate fresh install with more notes this time :)
BR Patrick On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 2:56:26 PM UTC-8 gjr80 wrote: > Upgrading should be painless but the jump from 3.x to 4.x could have > consequences, can't say till you do it :) If you are keen to stay on 3.9.1 > you can still add extra fields to your database, the procedure is detailed > in the 3.9.1 Customization Guide, a copy of which you have on your 3.9.1 > WeeWX install. Have a look in /usr/share/doc/weewx or /home/weewx/docs > (depending on how you installed WeeWX) on your 3.9.1 WeeWX machine and you > will find the 3.9.1 docs. customizing.htm is the document you want, in > particular the *Adding a new type to the database* section. The document > may be hard to read as it is a HTML file, you may be able to open directly > as a file in your browser or if you have a web server running on your WeeWX > machine you may be able to copy or link the file to your web server's > document path so you can browse the document through your web server. > > Gary > On Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at 05:55:38 UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: > >> I'm just worried about breaking things with upgrading. >> >> On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 11:36:14 AM UTC-8 vince wrote: >> >>> That version is almost 3 years old. I'd suggest you simply upgrade to >>> the current version. >>> >>> The current weewx also has the wview_extended schema (link >>> <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weewx/weewx/master/bin/schemas/wview_extended.py>) >>> >>> which has 'many' more fields defined. >>> It's possible the ones you want to add are already defined in it. >>> >>> >>> -- 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 on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/56fd12cd-d5cd-45cd-a021-512ab59e1379n%40googlegroups.com.
