glfs/general/sysutils/fcron/fcron-config.xml

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<title>Configuring fcron</title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>

<para><filename>/etc/fcron.conf</filename>,
<filename>/etc/fcron.allow</filename>,
<filename>/etc/fcron.deny</filename></para>

</sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>There are no required changes in any of the config files.
Configuration information can be found in the man page for
<filename>fcron.conf</filename>.</para>

<para>Fcron scripts are written using fcrontab. Refer to the man page
for fcrontab for proper parameters for your situation.</para>

<para>Create the boot script with the following:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/rc.d/init.d/fcron &lt;&lt; "EOF"
#!/bin/sh
# Begin $rc_base/init.d/fcron

# Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier.
# Rewritten by Gerard Beekmans  - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org

source /etc/sysconfig/rc
source $rc_functions

case "$1" in
        start)
                echo "Starting fcron..."
                loadproc fcron
                ;;

        stop)
                echo "Stopping fcron..."
                killproc fcron
                ;;

        restart)
                $0 stop
                sleep 1
                $0 start
                ;;

        status)
                statusproc fcron
                ;;

        *)
                echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
                exit 1
                ;;
esac

# End $rc_base/init.d/fcron
EOF
chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/fcron</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Create the symbolic links to this file in the relevant
<filename class="directory">rc.d</filename> directory
with the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cd /etc/rc.d/init.d &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc0.d/K08fcron &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc2.d/S40fcron &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc3.d/S40fcron &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc4.d/S40fcron &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc5.d/S40fcron &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/fcron ../rc6.d/K08fcron</command></userinput></screen>

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