NAME

     innwatch - monitor innd.

SYNOPSIS

     innwatch [ -l logfile ] [ -t seconds ]

DESCRIPTION

     Innwatch is normally started by rc.news.  It periodically  -
     every  (600)  seconds  -  examines the load average, and the
     number of free blocks and inodes on the spool partition,  as
     described by its control file, innwatch.ctl(5).

     If the load gets too high, or the disk  gets  too  full,  it
     throttles  the  server.   When  the  condition  restores, it
     unblocks the server.  In addition, on each pass through  the
     loop it will check the logfile /news/log/news.crit to see if
     it has been modified, and send mail to the news  administra-
     tor if so.

     Upon receipt of an interrupt signal (SIGINT), innwatch  will
     report its status in the file /news/run/innwatch.status.

OPTIONS

     -l   To specify a log file to watch, other than the  default
          of news.crit, use the ``-l'' flag.

     -t   To change the period between check  from  the  default,
          use the ``-t'' flag.

HISTORY

     Written by Mike Cooper <mcooper@usc.edu>, with modifications
     by         <kre@munnari.oz.au>,          Steve         Groom
     <stevo@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>    and    Christophe    Wolfhugel
     <wolf@pasteur.fr>.  This is revision 1.2, dated 1996/11/26.

SEE ALSO

     ctlinnd(8), innwatch.ctl(5), shlock(1).