Change default location of meter_readings from /var/log/wmbusmeters to /var/lib/wmbusmeters.

CHANGES

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+ATTENTION! The default location of the meter_readings directory has changed
+from /var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings to /var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
+This only affects new installations. Existing conf files will use the old location
+as specified int the conf file.
+
 Add detection of bad CUL firmware.
 
 Using :mbus as suffix to the meter driver now works to poll a meter of mbus instead of

README.md

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ device=auto:c1
 donotprobe=/dev/ttyACM2
 logtelegrams=false
 format=json
-meterfiles=/var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
+meterfiles=/var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
 meterfilesaction=overwrite
 meterfilesnaming=name
 meterfilestimestamp=day
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ exists inside the same directory as the wmbusmeters executable. If not you will
 error message `(rtlwmbus) error: when starting as daemon, wmbusmeters looked for .../rtl_wmbus and /usr/bin/rtl_wmbus, but found neither!`
 and the daemon will refuse to start.)
 
-The latest reading of the meter can also be found here: `/var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings/MyTapWater`
+The latest reading of the meter can also be found here: `/var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings/MyTapWater`
 
 You can use several ids using `id=1111111,2222222,3333333` or you can listen to all
 meters of a certain type `id=*` or you can suffix with star `id=8765*` to match
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ Binary generated: `./build_arm_debug/wmbusmeters`
 creates these directories:
 
 `/etc/wmbusmeters.d`
-`/var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings`
+`/var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings`
 
 and adds the user `wmbusmeters` with no login account.
 

doc/CreateDriver.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ loglevel=debug
 device=/dev/ttyUSB0:t1
 logtelegrams=true
 format=json
-meterfiles=/var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
+meterfiles=/var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
 meterfilesaction=overwrite
 meterfilesnaming=name-id
 logfile=/var/log/wmbusmeters/wmbusmeters.log

scripts/install_default_configuration.sh

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ then
     mkdir -p "$ROOT"/etc/
     cat <<EOF > "$ROOT"/etc/wmbusmeters.conf
 loglevel=normal
+# Remember to change auto here to the device you are going to use in production.
 device=auto:t1
 logtelegrams=false
 format=json
-meterfiles=/var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
+meterfiles=/var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
 meterfilesaction=overwrite
 logfile=/var/log/wmbusmeters/wmbusmeters.log
 EOF

scripts/install_systemd_service.sh

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ RestartSec=1
 # Run ExecStartPre with root-permissions
 
 PermissionsStartOnly=true
-ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
+ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir -p /var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown -R wmbusmeters:wmbusmeters /var/log/wmbusmeters
 ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir -p /run/wmbusmeters
 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown -R wmbusmeters:wmbusmeters /run/wmbusmeters

scripts/prepare_logfiles.sh

@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 
 ####################################################################
 ##
-## Prepare for  /var/log/wmbusmeters and /var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
+## Prepare for  /var/log/wmbusmeters and /var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
 ##
 
-if [ ! -d "$ROOT"/var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings ]
+if [ ! -d "$ROOT"/var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings ]
 then
     # Create the log directories
-    mkdir -p "$ROOT"/var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
-    chown -R wmbusmeters:wmbusmeters "$ROOT"/var/log/wmbusmeters
-    echo "log: created $ROOT/var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings"
+    mkdir -p "$ROOT"/var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
+    chown -R wmbusmeters:wmbusmeters "$ROOT"/var/lib/wmbusmeters
+    echo "log: created $ROOT/var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings"
 else
-    echo "log: $ROOT/var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings unchanged"
+    echo "log: $ROOT/var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings unchanged"
 fi
 
 ####################################################################

wmbusmeters.1

@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ Add :verbose to any analyze to get more verbose analyze output.
 
 .SH DEVICES
 .TP
-\fBauto:c1\fR detect any serially connected wmbus dongles and rtl_sdr dongles and configure them for c1 mode. Always try to use auto first.
+\fBauto:c1\fR detect any serially connected wmbus dongles and rtl_sdr dongles and configure them for c1 mode.
+Use auto to detect your dongle when testing, but then in production, state explicitly the dongle you are using.
+This will reduce the amount of probing done on the serial ports.
 
 .TP
 \fBim871a:t1\fR look for an im871a dongle attached to any of the serial ttys and configure it for t1 mode.
@@ -214,9 +216,9 @@ device=im871a[12345678]:c1
 device=rtlwmbus:433M:c1,t1
 logtelegrams=false
 format=json
-# Remove meterfiles to spare precious flash memory when only
+# Remember to remove meterfiles to spare precious flash memory when only
 # relaying data using for example mqtt.
-meterfiles=/var/log/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
+meterfiles=/var/lib/wmbusmeters/meter_readings
 meterfilesaction=overwrite
 meterfilesnaming=name
 meterfilestimestamp=day