BUILDMETARDB(1)

📦 version 1.4.7, in ubuntu jammy

💖 BUILDMETARDB 💖

okay bestie so this is the User Commands girlie, buildMetarDB, and she is literally out here building databases for METAR stations ✨ buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

buildMetarDB — build databases for METAR stations 🛬

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

buildMetarDB -l|-a [options]

like… pick -l OR -a, no cap, then sprinkle your options on top 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this script downloads, saves and processes the textfiles you need for building the databases that make searching for METAR stations possible 🫶 it's giving pipeline energy.

You can download the locations, which is a database of about 12000 world-wide locations — yes, twelve THOUSAND, iconic — and it can be used to determine the coordinates of your city 🌍. Or, alternatively, you can download a file with 6500 airports providing the metar data ✈️. That database is the one used for the next-METAR-station search 🔍.

pls see the appropriate documentation in the Services_Weather_Metar class, she has the lore 📚

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -l — build locationsDB 🗺️
  • -a — build airportsDB 🛫
  • -f <file> — use <file> as input 📂
  • -s — save the downloaded file to disk 💾 (keep the receipts bestie)
  • -t <dbtype> — type of the DB to be used 🔧
  • -r <dbprotocol> — protocol of the DB to be used 🔌
  • -d <dbname> — name of the DB to be used 🏷️
  • -u <dbuser> — user of the DB to be used 🧑‍💻
  • -p <dbpass> — pass of the DB to be used 🔐
  • -h <dbhost> — host of the DB to be used 🖥️
  • -o <dboptions> — options of the DB to be used in the notation option=value,... ⚙️
  • -v — display verbose debugging messages; multiple -v increases verbosity 👀 (stack 'em, the more the chattier, fr fr)

and that's the whole vibe, periodt 💖✨

this lil icon is buildMetarDB version 1.4.7, dated April 2016 — yeah she's a vintage queen but she still slays 👑🦋 mwah, bye bestie 💋

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