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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-modbuslog - 2012/01/10
+modbuslog - 2012/02/20
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modbuslog is a program designed to read from a modbus device at predefined
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ intervals and store the output to file.
Compilation:
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-modbuslog requires the libconfig (>1.4.8) and libmodbus (>3.0.1) libraries,
+modbuslog requires the libconfig (>=1.4.8) and libmodbus (>=3.0.1) libraries,
and will not function without these libraries installed. Neither of these
libraries are currently available (or if they are, are not of sufficient
version) in the current Debian Stable release codenamed "Squeeze". This
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ libconfig: An older, incompatible version of libconfig currently exists
modbuslog uses a Makefile to ease compilation, and as such, can be compiled
by simple navigating to the directory and running "make". This will recompile
-any packages that need to be compiled.
+any files that need to be compiled.
These files can then be moved to the required directories on the target system.
+Alternatively, if the code is being compiled on the target system itself,
+"make install" can be used to both compile and install the software.
Required files:
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@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ Required files:
/etc/modbuslog.cfg configuration file
/var/modbuslog/ output directory where logs are stored
/var/modbuslog/interval/interval.txt textfile storing unique interval
+/var/modbuslog/archive/ directory containing archived log files
/var/www/ webserver directory for php scripts
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