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

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

47       Written by Mike Cooper <mcooper@usc.edu>, with modifications by
48       <kre@munnari.oz.au>, Steve Groom <stevo@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> and
49       Christophe Wolfhugel <wolf@pasteur.fr>.  Converted to POD by Julien
50       Elie.
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SEE ALSO

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