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
-
 
BUGS
-
 
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.
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