RE: Cfexecd enhancements

[Bas van der Vlies]

On 28-Mar-2002 Bas van der Vlies wrote:
> I'am using the standalone cfexecd-daemon. So that cfexecd can check if cron
> is
> running and visa-versa.
> 
> I run cfagent 4 times an hour with the follwing setup:
> groups:
>   Quarterly     = ( Min15_20 Min30_35 Min45_50 Hourly QTest HTest )
> 
> control:
>   schedule = (  Min00_05 Min15_20 Min30_35 Min45_50 )
>   IfElapsed = ( 1 )
> 
> 
> In this situation cfagent will run about 17 times in a hour. I know i can set
> IfElapsed = 5 or higher will prevent cfagent to do something. But i only want
> to
> run cfagent once in that period. Can this be done?
> 
> My second remark is if i update the cfagent.conf and in cfagent.conf there is
> a
> new schedule,sysadm or smtpserver. It will not be seen until we restart the
> daemon. Can the cfexecd not reread its variables? It can be easily be done to
> put the GetCfStuff() function inside the while loop.
>   

I hate to reply to my own message, but the second remark is NOT true. cfexecd
reread its variables after cfagent has run!! 
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