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130 lines
3.8 KiB
PHP
130 lines
3.8 KiB
PHP
<?php
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require_once("docutil.php");
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page_head("Periodic tasks");
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echo "
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<b>Periodic tasks</b> are programs that are run periodically.
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They are executed by the <a href=tool_start.php>bin/start --cron</a> program,
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which you should run from cron.
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(To do this, run crontab and add a line of the form
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<pre>
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0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * HOME/projects/PROJECT/bin/start --cron
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</pre>
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Periodic tasks are short-running, but in case they aren't,
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the 'start' script detect when an instance is still running
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and won't start another instance.
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<p>
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Your project's periodic tasks are described in its
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<a href=configuration.php>config.xml</a> file,
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with elements of the following form:
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";
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echo html_text("
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<task>
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<cmd> get_load </cmd>
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<output> get_load.out </output>
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<period> 5 min </period>
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[ <host> host.ip </host> ]
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[ <disabled> 1 </disabled> ]
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[ <always_run> 1 </always_run> ]
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</task>
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<task>
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<cmd> echo \"HI\" | mail root@example.com </cmd>
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<output> /dev/null </output>
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<period> 1 day </period>
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</task>
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<task>
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...
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</task>
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");
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list_start();
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list_item(
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"cmd",
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"The command used to perform the task.
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Must be a program in the project's /bin directory.
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<p>
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You can run PHP scripts as periodic tasks.
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These scripts must be in the html/ops/ directory,
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and can be run with a command of the form
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<pre>run_in_ops scriptname</pre>
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The script should be executable, and should have the form
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<pre>
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#! /usr/bin/env php
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<?php
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...
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?>
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You must specify the output file for such tasks
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(otherwise it will go to run_in_ops.out).
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"
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);
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list_item("host",
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"Specifies where the daemon shoulr run.
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The default is the project's main host,
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as specified in config.xml."
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);
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list_item(
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"period",
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"The interval between executions,
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expressed as a single number (in units of minutes)
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or a number followed by 'seconds', 'minutes',
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'hours', or 'days' (may be abbreviated to unique initial string)."
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);
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list_item(
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"output",
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"Specifies the output file to output;
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and by default it is COMMAND_BASE_NAME.out.
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Output files are in log_X/, where X is the host."
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);
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list_item(
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"disabled",
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"Ignore this entry"
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);
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list_item(
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"always_run",
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"Run this task regardless of whether or not the project is enabled
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(for example, a script that logs the
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current CPU load of the host machine)."
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);
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list_end();
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echo "
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A project newly created by <a href=make_project.php>make_project</a>
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has no periodic tasks.
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Here are some programs you might want to run as periodic tasks:
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";
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list_start();
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list_item("db_dump",
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"Write statistics data to XML files for export.
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Details are <a href=db_dump.php>here</a>.
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Recommended period: 7 days."
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);
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list_item("update_profile_pages.php",
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"Generate HTML files with lists of links to user profiles,
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organized alphabetically and by country.
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Recommended period: a few days."
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);
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list_item("update_stats -update_teams -update_users -update_hosts",
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"Update the recent average credit fields of
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users, teams, and hosts.
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This is important if you use send personalized
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<a href=recruit.php>mass emails</a> or
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<a href=reminder_email.php>reminder emails</a>,
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or use recent credit to enable message-board posting.
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Recommended period: every few days."
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);
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list_item("update_uotd.php",
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"Select a new User of the Day.
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Period: 1 day."
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);
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list_item("update_forum_activities.php",
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"Recompute 'popularity' estimages for threads and posts
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in the Questions and Answers message boards.
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Recommended period: 1 hour."
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);
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list_end();
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page_tail();
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?>
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