Saytime.pl announces correct time but 3 week old weather

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ASL3 Node 640160 working normally except...

This node is on Trixie and all updates up to date.

I installed KD5FMU's SAYTIME 2026.

Now, saytime.pl announces the correct time but then weather that is 3 weeks old.

I have researched and researched and I cannot find the source of the old weather report.

This is surely an ID10T error but I cant find it!

Attached is a word document with all the information that I could think of that might help a knowledgeable person help dig out the error.

If you need more info, let me know.

I am truly out of my depth on this and would really appreciate any help!

Thanks in advance.

K5IJDCHUCK

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Chuck,

What happens when you run show_weatherapi.sh. Is that report also out of date?

Likewise, when you go to Free Weather API - WeatherAPI.com and use the 'API Explorer' menu item with your key/zipcode. Is that report out of date?

Tom

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Hi! Tom.

Thanks for the reply.

In both cases the weather is the current weather.

Thanks,

K5IJDCHUCK

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Chuck,

What happens when you run show_weatherapi.sh. Is that report also out of date?

Likewise, when you go to Free Weather API - WeatherAPI.com and use the 'API Explorer' menu item with your key/zipcode. Is that report out of date?

Tom

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OK, next I would check the current.env file in /var/cache/asl3-saytime-weather. How does that look?

The saytime.pl file creates a temporary concatenated sound file (.gsm, .ulaw, *.ul) called current-time in the /tmp directory.. You will need to be quick because the file is deleted once read into memory and the contents announced. What is the timestamp of that file?

Tom.

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Tom:

So, it looks like the cached .env is not getting updated.

k5ijd@NODE640160:/var/cache $ ls -l
total 52
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 6 2025 adduser
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 19 12:05 apache2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 10 2025 apparmor
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 11 09:52 apt
drwxr-xr-x 2 asterisk asterisk 4096 Aug 1 15:01 asl3-saytime-weather
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 19 12:06 cracklib
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 8 10:11 debconf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 24 11:08 fontconfig
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 11 09:52 ldconfig
drwxr-xr-x 33 man man 4096 Aug 12 04:34 man
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 19 12:05 PackageKit
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jun 17 19:19 private
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 19 12:06 swcatalog

k5ijd@NODE640160:/var/cache/asl3-saytime-weather $ ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 asterisk asterisk 155 Aug 1 15:01 current.env
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 907 Aug 1 15:01 weather.json

Could not find the file current-time in the /tmp directory

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OK, next I would check the current.env file in /var/cache/asl3-saytime-weather. How does that look?

The saytime.pl file creates a temporary concatenated sound file (.gsm, .ulaw, *.ul) called current-time in the /tmp directory.. You will need to be quick because the file is deleted once read into memory and the contents announced. What is the timestamp of that file?

Tom.

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Try running /usr/local/sbin/asl-weatherapi-update.sh manually. I sometimes times find 2 putty instances useful here. One to run the command and the second running the asterisk cli to catch any error messages. Then chech the cache file again.

Tom

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Tried to run it from the terminal but no such file...

k5ijd@NODE640160:~ $ ./usr/local/sbin/asl3-weatherapi-update.sh
bash: ./usr/local/sbin/asl3-weatherapi-update.sh: No such file or directory

k5ijd@NODE640160:~ $ sudo ./usr/local/sbin/asl3-weatherapi-update.sh

sudo: ./usr/local/sbin/asl3-weatherapi-update.sh: command not found
bash: ./usr/local/sbin/asl3-weatherapi-update.sh: No such file or directory

k5ijd@NODE640160:~ $ cd /usr/local/sbin/k5ijd@NODE640160:/usr/local/sbin $ ls

AMBEtest4_p3.py astdb.sh DVSwitch-startup logip platformDetect.sh saytime.pl show_weatherapi.sh supermonASL_latest_update
asl3-firstboot cpu-temp find-removable minimize-kernels random_wx_start.sh saytime.pl.bak.20260725-121613 smbackup update-config.sh asl3-firstboot-complete dns-query fixperms netcheck rpi-clone saytime.pl.bak.20260725-121753 supermon weather.sh asl3-firstboot-pkg-updates DVSM_Update.sh gpio-reset orgrec rpi-clone-setup saytime.pl.bak.20260725-142605 supermonASL3_latest_update wiip asl3-weatherapi-update.sh dvswitch-log-cleanup host-info passwd-reset saytime_global.pl saytime.pl.bak.20260727-120315 supermonASL_fresh_install

Not really sure what this is telling me. The file seems to be there but maybe not executable???

k5ijd@NODE640160:/usr/local/sbin $ ls -l
total 256
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9616 Jul 21 2024 AMBEtest4_p3.py
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 994 Jul 19 12:03 asl3-firstboot
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 232 Jul 19 12:03 asl3-firstboot-complete
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 200 Jul 19 12:03 asl3-firstboot-pkg-updates
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1705 Aug 10 14:33 asl3-weatherapi-update.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 274 Nov 13 2022 astdb.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 435 Jul 1 2024 cpu-temp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1616 Dec 14 2025 dns-query
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1167 Jan 22 2025 DVSM_Update.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 226 May 6 2025 dvswitch-log-cleanup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2078 May 6 2025 DVSwitch-startup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1358 Jul 1 2024 find-removable
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2798 Jan 8 2023 fixperms
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 912 Jul 1 2024 gpio-reset
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9100 May 6 2025 host-info
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1424 Jun 3 2021 logip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 831 Jul 19 12:03 minimize-kernels
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3296 May 6 2025 netcheck
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 934 May 11 13:58 orgrec
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1029 Jul 1 2024 passwd-reset
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3588 May 6 2025 platformDetect.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 189 Aug 10 14:33 random_wx_start.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 42807 Jul 1 2024 rpi-clone
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2971 Jul 1 2024 rpi-clone-setup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7603 Nov 4 2022 saytime_global.pl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8349 Jul 27 12:03 saytime.pl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8349 Jul 24 13:53 saytime.pl.bak.20260725-121613
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8349 Jul 25 12:16 saytime.pl.bak.20260725-121753
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8349 Jul 25 12:17 saytime.pl.bak.20260725-142605
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8349 Jul 25 14:26 saytime.pl.bak.20260727-120315
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 530 Aug 10 14:33 show_weatherapi.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2760 Jul 6 19:26 smbackup
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 23 09:19 supermon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1377 May 17 09:55 supermonASL3_latest_update
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1662 Dec 26 2023 supermonASL_fresh_install
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1312 Dec 26 2023 supermonASL_latest_update
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1064 May 6 2025 update-config.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2022 Aug 10 14:33 weather.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 839 Jan 9 2023 wiip

Again, thanks for all your help.

K5IJDCHUCK

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Try running /usr/local/sbin/asl-weatherapi-update.sh manually. I sometimes times find 2 putty instances useful here. One to run the command and the second running the asterisk cli to catch any error messages. Then chech the cache file again.

Tom

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Trying running sudo asl-menu. From the menu select option 2, 'Enter a bash shell as root'. Then change the current/working directory to /usr/local/sbin. Now while in this direcory try running the script again. First try asl-weatherapi-update.sh if that fails try ./asl-weatherapi-update.sh. According to the screenshot above, the file is present and has the executable flag set so it should run.

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Here are the results...

Note that there is an asl3-weatherapi.update but not a asl-weatherapi-update.

If I run the same commands using asl3-weatherapi-update, I get an open blank nano screen that says at the bottom "File /etc/asterisk/local/weatherapi.ini# is being edited by root (with nano 8.4, PID 2032); open anyway?"

No matter if you choose Y or N the screen wont close with Control C and just hangs there.

root@NODE640160:/usr/local/sbin# ./asl-weatherapi-update.sh
bash: ./asl-weatherapi-update.sh: No such file or directory

root@NODE640160:/usr/local/sbin# asl-weatherapi-update.sh
bash: asl-weatherapi-update.sh: command not found

root@NODE640160:/usr/local/sbin# ls -l
total 256
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9616 Jul 21 2024 AMBEtest4_p3.py
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 994 Jul 19 12:03 asl3-firstboot
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 232 Jul 19 12:03 asl3-firstboot-complete
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 200 Jul 19 12:03 asl3-firstboot-pkg-updates
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1705 Aug 10 14:33 asl3-weatherapi-update.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 274 Nov 13 2022 astdb.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 435 Jul 1 2024 cpu-temp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1616 Dec 14 2025 dns-query
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1167 Jan 22 2025 DVSM_Update.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 226 May 6 2025 dvswitch-log-cleanup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2078 May 6 2025 DVSwitch-startup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1358 Jul 1 2024 find-removable
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2798 Jan 8 2023 fixperms
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 912 Jul 1 2024 gpio-reset
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9100 May 6 2025 host-info
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1424 Jun 3 2021 logip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 831 Jul 19 12:03 minimize-kernels
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3296 May 6 2025 netcheck
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 934 May 11 13:58 orgrec
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1029 Jul 1 2024 passwd-reset
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3588 May 6 2025 platformDetect.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 189 Aug 10 14:33 random_wx_start.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 42807 Jul 1 2024 rpi-clone
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2971 Jul 1 2024 rpi-clone-setup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7603 Nov 4 2022 saytime_global.pl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8349 Jul 27 12:03 saytime.pl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8349 Jul 24 13:53 saytime.pl.bak.20260725-121613
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8349 Jul 25 12:16 saytime.pl.bak.20260725-121753
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8349 Jul 25 12:17 saytime.pl.bak.20260725-142605
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8349 Jul 25 14:26 saytime.pl.bak.20260727-120315
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 530 Aug 10 14:33 show_weatherapi.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2760 Jul 6 19:26 smbackup
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 23 09:19 supermon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1377 May 17 09:55 supermonASL3_latest_update
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1662 Dec 26 2023 supermonASL_fresh_install
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1312 Dec 26 2023 supermonASL_latest_update
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1064 May 6 2025 update-config.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2022 Aug 10 14:33 weather.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 839 Jan 9 2023 wiip

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Trying running sudo asl-menu. From the menu select option 2, 'Enter a bash shell as root'. Then change the current/working directory to /usr/local/sbin. Now while in this direcory try running the script again. First try asl-weatherapi-update.sh if that fails try ./asl-weatherapi-update.sh. According to the screenshot above, the file is present and has the executable flag set so it should run.

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Reboot to see if this clears the lock on the weatherspi.ini file.

sudo reboot now

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After "sudo reboot now" the lock on weatherapi.ini did not clear.

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Reboot to see if this clears the lock on the weatherspi.ini file.

sudo reboot now

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