INNWATCH (8)

NAME
     innwatch - monitor innd.

SYNOPSIS
     innwatch [ -l logfile ] [ -t seconds ]

DESCRIPTION
     Innwatch is normally  started  by  rc.news.   It  periodically  --  every
     <config$INNWATCH_SLEEPTIME> (typically 600 ) seconds -- examines 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
     <config$_PATH_MOST_LOGS>/news.crit  (typically  /var/log/news/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    <config$_PATH_INNWSTATUS>    (typically
     /var/news/run/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   modifications   by
     <kre@munnari.oz.au>,     Steve   Groom   <stevo@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>   and
     Christophe Wolfhugel <wolf@pasteur.fr>.   This  is  revision  1.2,  dated
     1996/11/26.

SEE ALSO
     ctlinnd(8) , innwatch.ctl(5) , shlock(1) .