cronhandler.cfg

Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: Configuration Files (4)
Updated: 14 September 2007
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NAME

cronhandler.cfg - configuration file for cronhandler

 

SYNOPSIS

edrc/etc/cronhandler.cfg

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/edrc

 

DESCRIPTION

This is the configuration file for the cronhandler command.

 

FILEFORMAT

The fileformat is OPTION=VALUE

Between the OPTION, the = and the VALUE are no spaces.

Rows starting with a # are considered as comments.

You should not comment out any OPTION If you like to use default settings simply do not specify a VALUE.

 

OPTIONS

LOG
Log output dir of cronhandler. If you specify a relative path name the path is relative to the root of the WA2L/edrc installation.

Example: LOG=/var/opt/edrc/log

Default: LOG=var/log

LOCKDIR
Lock dir of cronhandler. If you specify a relative path name the path is relative to the root of the WA2L/edrc installation. In General it is not recommended to set the lockdir within EDRC, locate it in a system own directory. This is the only setting that is ignored when the cronhandler.cfg file is reloaded.

Example: LOCKDIR=/var/run/cronhandler

Default: LOCKDIR=var/lock

WRITE_INTERVAL
Interval in seconds of writing the crontab definitions and at jobs to disk. This is also the interval in which the configfile is reloaded.

Example: WRITE_INTERVAL=120

Default: WRITE_INTERVAL=60

CRON_START_DELAY
Delay in seconds between cron stop and cron start after a save or load action.

Example: CRON_START_DELAY=10

Default: CRON_START_DELAY=5

CONTINGENCY
Contingency time in seconds when a at job has to be rescheduled. A reschedule occurs when a at job falls into the time between a package stop ( save action ) and restart ( load action ).

Example: CONTINGENCY=90

Default: CONTINGENCY=60

 

SEE ALSO

cronhandler(1m), edrcintro(1)

 

NOTES

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BUGS

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AUTHOR

cronhandler.cfg was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 Christian Walther

This is free software; see edrc/doc/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
FILEFORMAT
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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