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NAME

6       innwatch - Monitor the state of INN and the system
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SYNOPSIS

9       innwatch [-f ctlfile] [-i seconds] [-l logfile] [-t seconds]
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DESCRIPTION

12       innwatch is normally started by rc.news.  Every innwatchsleeptime
13       seconds, as set in inn.conf, it examines the load average, and the
14       number of free blocks and inodes on the spool partition, as described
15       by its control file, innwatch.ctl in pathetc.
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17       If the load gets too high, or the disk gets too full, it throttles the
18       server.  When the condition restores, it unblocks the server.  In
19       addition, on each pass through the loop, it will check the logfile
20       pathlog/news.crit to see if it has been modified, and send mail to the
21       news administrator if so.
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23       Upon receipt of an interrupt signal (SIGINT), innwatch will report its
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OPTIONS

27       -f file
28           Specify the control file to use, other than the default of
29           innwatch.ctl in pathetc.
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31       -i seconds
32           With this option, innwatch has an initial sleep of seconds seconds
33           at startup.  This is useful when innwatch is started at the same
34           time as INN, so that it can wait a little before beginning
35           performing its checks.
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37       -l logfile
38           Specify a log file to watch, other than the default of news.crit.
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41           Specify the period in seconds between checks, to override the value
42           set in inn.conf.
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HISTORY

45       Written by Mike Cooper <mcooper@usc.edu>, with modifications by
46       <kre@munnari.oz.au>, Steve Groom <stevo@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> and
47       Christophe Wolfhugel <wolf@pasteur.fr>.  Converted to POD by Julien
48       Elie.
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50       $Id: innwatch.pod 9722 2014-09-24 17:47:12Z iulius $
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SEE ALSO

53       inn.conf(5), innwatch.ctl(5), newslog(5), rc.news(8).
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