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diff --git a/misc/weather/README b/misc/weather/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..49d9c5c14f --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/weather/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +This command-line utility is intended to provide quick access to current +weather conditions and forecasts. Presently, it is capable of returning +data for localities throughout the USA by retrieving and formatting decoded +METARs (Meteorological Aerodrome Reports) from NOAA (the USA National Oceanic +and Atmospheric Administration) and forecasts from NWS (the USA National +Weather Service). The tool is written to function in the same spirit as +other command-line informational utilities like cal(1), calendar(1) and +dict(1). It can retrieve arbitrary weather data via specific command-line +switches (station ID, city, state), or aliases can be configured system wide +and on a per-user basis. It can be freely used and redistributed under the +terms of a BSD-like License. + +*SPECIAL NOTE* +This will copy the existing "/usr/bin/weather" script on the system (which +is part of the "expect" package in Slackware) to "/usr/bin/weather.expect" +while installing the one in this package as "/usr/bin/weather.weather" and +creating a symlink to it from /usr/bin/weather. If you remove this package +later for whatever reason, then you will need to either reinstall Slackware's +"expect" package, fix the symlink, or remove the symlink and rename the +"/usr/bin/weather.expect" file back to "/usr/bin/weather" |