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incron: main config file for inotify cron (incron)

NAME

/etc/incron.conf - main config file for inotify cron (incron)

DESCRIPTION

The file /etc/incron.conf contains default settings for the program incrond. Each line holds a single value pair in the form option = value. Comment lines must have a hash sign (#) in the first line. The valid configuration options are:

system_table_dir

This directory is examined by incrond for system table files. Default:/etc/incron.d

user_table_dir

This directory is examined by incrond for user table files. Default:/var/spool/incron

allowed_users

This file contains users allowed to use incron. Default:/etc/incron.allow

denied_users

This file contains users denied to use incron. Default:/etc/incron.deny

lockfile_dir

This directory is used for creating a lock avoiding to run multiple instances of incrond. Default:/var/run

lockfile_name

This name (appended by '.pid') is used for creating a lock avoiding to run multiple instances of incrond. Default:incrond

editor

This name or path is used to run as an editor for editting incron tables. Default no editor is given, system editor used, this option overide this.

AUTHOR

Lukas Jelinek <lukas [at] aiken.cz> (please report bugs to http://bts.aiken.cz or <bugs [at] aiken.cz>).

COPYING

This program is free software. It can be used, redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.