RUNQ(8) RUNQ(8)
NAME
runq - process all requests in a queue
SYNOPSIS
runq [ -ad ] root cmd
DESCRIPTION
Without the -a option, runq processes all requests in the
directory root/user, where user is the contents of
/dev/user. A request is defined as a control and a data
file (see qer(8)). The request is processed by executing the
command cmd with the contents of the control file as its
arguments, the contents of the data file as its standard
input, and standard error appended to the error file
E.XXXXXX.
The action taken by runq depends on the return status of
cmd. If cmd returns a null status, the processing is assumed
successful and the control, data, and error files are
removed. If cmd returns an error status containing the word
`Retry', the files are left to be reprocessed at a later
time. For any other status, an error message is mailed to
the requester and the files are removed.
To avoid reprocessing files too often, the following algo-
rithm is used: a data file younger than one hour will not be
processed if its error file exists and was last modified
within the preceding 10 minutes. A data file older than one
hour will not be processed if its error file exists and was
last modified within the preceding hour.
The -a option forces runq to process all the requests under
the root, not just a single user's.
The -d option causes debugging output on standard error
describing the progress through the queues.
FILES
root/user queue directory for user
root/user/D.XXXXXX data file
root/user/C.XXXXXX control file
root/user/E.XXXXXX error file
SEE ALSO
qer(8)
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