Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of ProjectTasks

Timestamp:

Apr 26, 2007, 1:42:38 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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ProjectTasks

@@ -1 +1 @@
 = Periodic tasks =
 
-'''Periodic tasks''' are programs that are run periodically. They are executed by the [StartTool bin/start --cron] program, which you should run from cron. To do this, run crontab and add a line of the form
+'''Periodic tasks''' are programs that are run periodically. They are executed by the [StartTool bin/start --cron] program, which you should run from cron. To do this, run '''crontab -e''' and add a line of the form
 {{{
 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * HOME/projects/PROJECT/bin/start --cron
@@ -12 +12 @@
 {{{
     <task>
-      <cmd>          get_load        </cmd>
-      <output>       get_load.out    </output>
-      <period>       5 min           </period>
-      [ <host>       host.ip         </host>       ]
-      [ <disabled>   1               </disabled>   ]
-      [ <always_run> 1               </always_run> ]
+      <cmd> get_load </cmd>
+      <output> get_load.out </output>
+      <period> 5 min </period>
+      [ <host> host.ip </host>       ]
+      [ <disabled>  0|1 </disabled>   ]
+      [ <always_run> 0|1  </always_run> ]
     </task>
     <task>
-      <cmd>      echo "HI" | mail root@example.com     </cmd>
-      <output>   /dev/null                             </output>
-      <period>   1 day                                 </period>
+      <cmd> run_in_ops update_forum_activities.php </cmd>
+      <output> update_form_activities.out </output>
+      <period> 1 day </period>
     </task>
     <task>
@@ -55 +55 @@
         Run this task regardless of whether or not the project is enabled (for example, a script that logs the current CPU load of the host machine).
 
-A project newly created by [MakeProject make_project] has no periodic tasks. Here are some programs you might want to run as periodic tasks:
+A project newly created by [MakeProject make_project] has periodic tasks that run the following:
 
  db_dump::
@@ -61 +61 @@
  update_profile_pages.php::
         Generate HTML files with lists of links to user profiles, organized alphabetically and by country. Recommended period: a few days.
- update_stats -update_teams -update_users -update_hosts::
+ update_stats::
         Update the recent average credit fields of users, teams, and hosts. This is important if you use send personalized [VolunteerRecruit mass emails] or [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/reminder_email.php reminder emails], or use recent credit to enable message-board posting. Recommended period: every few days.
  update_uotd.php::