# Saytime.pl announces correct time but 3 week old weather **URL:** \ **Category:** Third-Party Apps\ **Tags:** asl3\ **Created:** [August 11, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904 "2026-08-11T15:34:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/K5IJD)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/1 "2026-08-11T15:34:29Z")
[saytime.pl file list.docx](https://community.allstarlink.org/uploads/short-url/7fZUlXdKZXpaQuCP3kJn3duPzCb.docx) (6.7 KB) 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 ---
**Author:** ![G5TOM](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ad7895/32.png) [@G5TOM](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/G5TOM)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/2 "2026-08-11T17:47:18Z")
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 Is that report also out of date?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](https://www.weatherapi.com/) and use the 'API Explorer' menu item with your key/zipcode. Is that report out of date? Tom ---
**Author:** ![K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/K5IJD)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/3 "2026-08-12T01:50:38Z")
Hi! Tom. Thanks for the reply. In both cases the weather is the current weather. Thanks, K5IJDCHUCK Someone replied to your post. > ![](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/838e76/45.png "G0JSV") | [G0JSV](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/g0jsv) > August 11 | > > - | - | 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](https://www.weatherapi.com/) and use the 'API Explorer' menu item with your key/zipcode. Is that report out of date? Tom > **···** > > On Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 01:47:21 PM CDT, Tom [noreply@community.allstarlink.org](mailto:noreply@community.allstarlink.org) wrote: > > * * * > > [Visit Topic](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/2) or reply to this email to respond. > > To unsubscribe from these emails, click here. ---
**Author:** ![G5TOM](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ad7895/32.png) [@G5TOM](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/G5TOM)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/4 "2026-08-12T11:47:54Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/K5IJD)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/5 "2026-08-12T15:30:09Z")
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** ![Inline image](https://community.allstarlink.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6f97ee60bb4f6db2a3a06e22410086e6af52e36d.png "Inline image") K5IJDCHUCK Someone replied to your post. > ![](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/838e76/45.png "G0JSV") | [G0JSV](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/g0jsv) > August 12 | > > - | - | 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. > **···** > > On Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 07:48:01 AM CDT, Tom [noreply@community.allstarlink.org](mailto:noreply@community.allstarlink.org) wrote: > > * * * > > [Visit Topic](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/4) or reply to this email to respond. > > To unsubscribe from these emails, click here. ---
**Author:** ![G5TOM](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ad7895/32.png) [@G5TOM](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/G5TOM)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/6 "2026-08-12T19:13:57Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/K5IJD)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/7 "2026-08-13T12:30:17Z")
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 Someone replied to your post. > ![](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/838e76/45.png "G0JSV") | [G0JSV](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/g0jsv) > August 12 | > > - | - | 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 > **···** > > On Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 03:14:04 PM CDT, Tom [noreply@community.allstarlink.org](mailto:noreply@community.allstarlink.org) wrote: > > * * * > > [Visit Topic](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/6) or reply to this email to respond. > > To unsubscribe from these emails, click here. ---
**Author:** ![G5TOM](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ad7895/32.png) [@G5TOM](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/G5TOM)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/8 "2026-08-13T18:57:13Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/K5IJD)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/9 "2026-08-14T12:47:50Z")
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 Someone replied to your post. > ![](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/838e76/45.png "G0JSV") | [G0JSV](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/g0jsv) > August 13 | > > - | - | 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. > **···** > > On Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 02:57:16 PM CDT, Tom [noreply@community.allstarlink.org](mailto:noreply@community.allstarlink.org) wrote: > > * * * > > [Visit Topic](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/8) or reply to this email to respond. > > To unsubscribe from these emails, click here. ---
**Author:** ![G5TOM](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ad7895/32.png) [@G5TOM](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/G5TOM)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/10 "2026-08-14T15:04:14Z")
Reboot to see if this clears the lock on the weatherspi.ini file. sudo reboot now ---
**Author:** ![K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@K5IJD](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/K5IJD)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/11 "2026-08-14T16:59:57Z")
After "sudo reboot now" the lock on weatherapi.ini did not clear. Someone replied to your post. > ![](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/838e76/45.png "G0JSV") | [G0JSV](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/g0jsv) > August 14 | > > - | - | Reboot to see if this clears the lock on the weatherspi.ini file. sudo reboot now > **···** > > On Friday, August 14, 2026 at 11:04:19 AM CDT, Tom [noreply@community.allstarlink.org](mailto:noreply@community.allstarlink.org) wrote: > > * * * > > [Visit Topic](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/saytime-pl-announces-correct-time-but-3-week-old-weather/24904/10) or reply to this email to respond. > > To unsubscribe from these emails, click here.