ovdb_monitor - Database maintenance
Use
ovdb_init to start
ovdb_monitor
When started (normally by
ovdb_init that is invoked by
rc.news),
ovdb_monitor forks three processes that perform routine database
maintenance tasks. These are transaction checkpointing, deadlock detection,
and transaction log removal.
The process ID of the parent is written to
ovdb_monitor.pid in the
pathrun directory. This PID is used by other INN commands to verify
that
ovdb_monitor is running.
To shut down
ovdb_monitor, send a TERM signal to the process ID in
ovdb_monitor.pid. The parent process will shut down the three children
and wait for their exit before exiting itself. Note that when running the
"rc.news stop" command to stop the news system,
rc.news
automatically takes care of stopping
ovdb_monitor.
Written by Heath Kehoe <
[email protected]> for InterNetNews.
ovdb(5),
ovdb_init(8),
rc.news(8).