From 8ce7c0b27d4e4fc2b6d1801c040b7686fdc77da0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve <69524416+ab7pa@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 23:53:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix local message refresh (#908)

---
 files/usr/local/bin/aredn_message.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/files/usr/local/bin/aredn_message.sh b/files/usr/local/bin/aredn_message.sh
index 335f8da4..472e29a4 100755
--- a/files/usr/local/bin/aredn_message.sh
+++ b/files/usr/local/bin/aredn_message.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ fi
 # are local alerts enabled?   uci:  aredn.alerts.localpath != NULL
 alertslocalpath=$(uci -q get aredn.@alerts[0].localpath)
 if [ -n "$alertslocalpath" ]; then
+  cat /dev/null > /tmp/local_message   # initialize local_message file
 
   # try node specific message file
   retrieve_alert "${alertslocalpath}/${nodename}.txt" "${nodename}-alert" "${nodename}" &&
@@ -105,7 +106,6 @@ if [ -n "$alertslocalpath" ]; then
 
   # combine all files
   if [ -n "$FILES" ];then
-    cat /dev/null > /tmp/local_message
     for FILE in $FILES; do
       cat /tmp/${FILE}-alert >> /tmp/local_message
       rm /tmp/${FILE}-alert