innwatch - monitor innd.


SYNOPSIS

       innwatch [ -l logfile ] [ -t seconds ]


DESCRIPTION

       Innwatch  is normally started by rc.news.  It periodically
       -- every <innwatchsleeptime in inn.conf> seconds --  exam­
       ines  the  load average, and the number of free blocks and
       inodes on the spool partition, as described by its control
       file, innwatch.ctl(5).

       If  the  load gets too high, or the disk gets too full, it
       throttles the server.  When  the  condition  restores,  it
       unblocks  the  server.   In addition, on each pass through
       the  loop  it  will  check   the   logfile   <pathlog   in
       inn.conf>/news.crit  to  see  if it has been modified, and
       send mail to the news administrator if so.

       Upon receipt of an  interrupt  signal  (SIGINT),  innwatch
       will     report     its     status     in     the     file
       <pathrun in inn.conf>/innwatch.status.


OPTIONS

       -l     To specify a log file  to  watch,  other  than  the
              default of news.crit, use the ``-l'' flag.

       -t     To   change  the  period  between  check  from  the
              default, use the ``-t'' flag.


HISTORY

       Written by Mike Cooper <mcooper@usc.edu>,  with  modifica­
       tions     by     <kre@munnari.oz.au>,      Steve     Groom
       <stevo@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>   and   Christophe    Wolfhugel
       <wolf@pasteur.fr>.     This   is   revision   1.6,   dated
       1998/09/17.


SEE ALSO

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


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