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@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +NAME + metar - Trivial whether report + +SYNOPSIS + metar get + metar print + metar set STATION + metar list + metar closest LATITUDE LONGITUDE [LIST] + +DESCRIPTION + metar is a simple utility for find whether stations (hence referred to + as METAR stations,) get and raw METAR reports. Most METAR stations are + airports. + +ACTIONS + get + Gets the most recent weather report from the selected METAR + station. The first line in the report will contain the station's + name, country, code, and location. + + print + Print the code of the selected METAR station, the station + from which weather reports are retrieved. This is equivalent + to running + + (cat ~/.config/metar || cat /etc/metar) 2> /dev/null | head -n 1 + + set STATION + Stores the STATION as the METAR station from which weather + reports shall be retrieved. STATION shall be the stations's + code. This is equivalent to running + + echo STATION > ~/.config/metar + + list + Print all METAR stations. This can take a very long time. You + are strongly encouraged to store the output to a file. + + Each station is will be printed on a line, containing the its + name, country, code, and location. The code is in parenthesis. + + closest LATITUDE LONGITUDE [LIST] + Given a LATITUDE and LONGITUDE in decimal format, print the + code of the closest METAR station. If you have already created + a list of all stations using the action list, specify the + filename of that list as the LIST argument. + +FILES + ~/.config/metar + Contains a the code for the selected weather station, and + nothing else, except an LF at the end. This will never change. + Other programs are encouraged to use this file too. + + If the file contains more than one line, only the first line, + even if it is empty, is used. + + /etc/metar + Fallback file use if ~/.config/metar is missing. Other + programs are encouraged to use this file too. + +NOTES + US Americans, remember, you are one the western hemisphere. Therefore, + you should specify a negative longitude when using the action closest. + +SEE ALSO + xpybar(1), localeme(1) |