From dbf5d8d370a1d098117e5e9e08461796e1e45358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?G=C3=A1bor=20Hojtsy?= Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:45:43 +0000 Subject: #197730 by keith.smith: standardize on a much more user friendly cron reference in help texts, explain its importance with more examples in INSTALL.txt --- INSTALL.txt | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL.txt') diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt index 6fd8693ea..21ae39917 100644 --- a/INSTALL.txt +++ b/INSTALL.txt @@ -177,12 +177,16 @@ INSTALLATION on an existing site, remember to copy all files from the original location to the new location. -8. CRON TASKS +8. CRON MAINTENANCE TASKS - Many Drupal modules (such as the search functionality) have periodic tasks - that must be triggered by a cron job. To activate these tasks, call the cron - page by visiting http://www.example.com/cron.php --this will pass control to - the modules and the modules will decide if and what they must do. + Many Drupal modules have periodic tasks that must be triggered by a cron + maintenance task, including search module (to build and update the index + used for keyword searching), aggregator module (to retrieve feeds from other + sites), ping module (to notify other sites about new or updated content), and + system module (to perform routine maintenance and pruning on system tables). + To activate these tasks, call the cron page by visiting + http://www.example.com/cron.php, which, in turn, executes tasks on behalf + of installed modules. Most systems support the crontab utility for scheduling tasks like this. The following example crontab line will activate the cron tasks automatically on @@ -190,9 +194,9 @@ INSTALLATION 0 * * * * wget -O - -q -t 1 http://www.example.com/cron.php - More information about the cron scripts are available in the admin help pages - and in the Drupal handbook at drupal.org. Example scripts can be found in the - scripts/ directory. + More information about cron maintenance tasks are available in the help pages + and in Drupal's online handbook at http://drupal.org/cron. Example scripts can + be found in the scripts/ directory. DRUPAL ADMINISTRATION --------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3