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to: MARK LEWIS
from: JANIS KRACHT
date: 2017-01-29 11:58:00
subject: Problems with a script...

Hi Mark,

>> I'm trying to get a weather report on the bbs.

>> Right now I'm just trying to get Ithaca's weather, from there I'll be able
>> to allow people to enter their city to get their weather... but my script
>> keeps failing.

> why sprintf on the curl and awk lines? i ran them all manually here at the
>command line and they worked... i don't know what script language you're using
> so i can't test from that side...

Yes, the curl and awk lines run exactly right on the Ubuntu command line.  I
need to use sprintf since I'm using BBBS's programming language to create a
"weather door".

Hopefully today I can get BBBS to create the shortith file (it's not doing that
right now).

Take care,
Janis

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