---
name: "buildMetarDB"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "php-services-weather"
version: "1.4.7-4"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/buildMetarDB"
---

# buildMetarDB(1)

build databases for METAR stations

## NAME

buildMetarDB - build databases for METAR stations

## SYNOPSIS

**buildMetarDB** *-l\|-a* \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This script downloads, saves and processes the textfiles needed for building the databases to enable searching for METAR stations.

You can download the locations, which is a database of about 12000 world-wide locations, which can be used to determine the coordinates of your city or you can download a file with 6500 airports providing the metar data. This database is used for the next-METAR-station search. Please see the appropriate documentation in the Services\_Weather\_Metar class.

## OPTIONS

- **-l**

  build locationsDB

- **-a**

  build airportsDB

- **-f** \<file\>

  use \<file\> as input

- **-s**

  save downloaded file to disk

- **-t** \<dbtype\>

  type of the DB to be used

**-r** \<dbprotocol\> protocol of the DB to be used

- **-d** \<dbname\>

  name of the DB to be used

- **-u** \<dbuser\>

  user of the DB to be used

- **-p** \<dbpass\>

  pass of the DB to be used

- **-h** \<dbhost\>

  host of the DB to be used

- **-o** \<dboptions\>

  options of the DB to be used in the notation option=value,...

- **-v**

  display verbose debugging messages multiple **-v** increases verbosity