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INNWATCH(8)		  InterNetNews Documentation		   INNWATCH(8)

NAME
       innwatch	- Monitor the state of INN and the system

SYNOPSIS
       innwatch	[-f ctlfile] [-i seconds] [-l logfile] [-t seconds]

DESCRIPTION
       innwatch	is normally started and	stopped	by rc.news when	doinnwatch is
       set to true in inn.conf.	 Every innwatchsleeptime seconds, as set in
       inn.conf	as well	as other parameters tuning its behaviour, innwatch
       examines	the load average, and the number of free blocks	and inodes on
       the spool partition, as described by its	control	file, innwatch.ctl in
       pathetc.

       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/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 innwatch.status in pathrun.

OPTIONS
       -f file
	   Specify  the	 control  file	to  use,  other	 than  the  default of
	   innwatch.ctl	in pathetc.

       -i seconds
	   With	this option, innwatch has an initial sleep of seconds  seconds
	   at  startup.	  This	is useful when innwatch	is started at the same
	   time	as INN,	 so  that  it  can  wait  a  little  before  beginning
	   performing its checks.

       -l logfile
	   Specify a log file to watch,	other than the default of news.crit.

       -t seconds
	   Specify the period in seconds between checks, to override the value
	   set in inn.conf.

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

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

INN 2.8.0			  2021-10-21			   INNWATCH(8)

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