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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  parti-
     tion, 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 sta-
     tus 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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