1INNWATCH(8)                 System Manager's Manual                INNWATCH(8)
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NAME

6       innwatch - monitor innd.
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SYNOPSIS

9       innwatch [ -l logfile ] [ -t seconds ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Innwatch  is  normally  started  by  rc.news.   It periodically — every
13       <innwatchsleeptime in inn.conf> seconds — examines  the  load  average,
14       and  the  number  of  free blocks and inodes on the spool partition, as
15       described by its control file, innwatch.ctl.
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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 addi‐
19       tion, on each pass through the loop it will check the logfile  <pathlog
20       in inn.conf>/news.crit to see if it has been modified, and send mail to
21       the news administrator if so.
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23       Upon receipt of an interrupt signal (SIGINT), innwatch will report  its
24       status in the file <pathrun in inn.conf>/innwatch.status.
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OPTIONS

27       -l logfile
28              To  specify  a  log  file  to  watch,  other than the default of
29              news.crit, use the ``-l'' flag.
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31       -t seconds
32              To change the  period  between  checks  from  the  default  from
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HISTORY

36       Written   by  Mike  Cooper  <mcooper@usc.edu>,  with  modifications  by
37       <kre@munnari.oz.au>,   Steve   Groom   <stevo@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>   and
38       Christophe  Wolfhugel  <wolf@pasteur.fr>.  This is revision 5909, dated
39       2002-12-03.
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SEE ALSO

42       ctlinnd(8), inn.conf(5), innwatch.ctl(5), shlock(1).
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