User's Guide

UPDATESCH_DAEMON.HELP

Daemon to update the master schedule file.

Function:

UPDATESCH_DAEMON periodically calls UPDATESCH in a continuous loop to update the master schedule file.

Parameters:

TIME_SLEEP(60)
Sleep time. The amount of time (in seconds) to sleep between executions of UPDATESCH.

Examples:

  1. LAS> updatesch_daemon

    UPDATESCH_DAEMON will determine if there are any schedule file directives to process (add, delete, etc.). If there are, the daemon will call UPDATESCH to update the master schedule with these directives. UPDATESCH_DAEMON will run until it is stopped by the user. Log messages will be written to updatesch;log in the ADAPSLOG directory.

Description/Algorithm:

UPDATESCH_DAEMON periodically checks to see if any schedule directive files exist (add, delete, etc.). If there are, it calls UPDATESCH to process the schedule files. UPDATESCH_DAEMON will run until it is stopped by the user.

Nonfatal Error Message:

    None.

Fatal Error Messages:

  1. [updatesch-fatal] Fatal error encountered

    A fatal error was encountered, refer to the specific message preceding this one for more details.

  2. [updatesch-abrt] User aborted function

    The function was aborted by the user.

  3. [updatesch-find] Error checking for schedule update files

    An error was encountered while searching for schedule directive files. Ensure that the directory containing the schedule files is accessible.

  4. [updatesch-stp] Error checking for stop file

    An error was encountered while searching for stop files. Verify that the ADAPSTABLES directory is accessible.

  5. [updatesch-stpf] Error determining stop file

    The stop file name could not be determined. Ensure that ADAPSTABLES has been defined.

  6. [updatesch-slp] Error sleeping for designated time

    An error was encountered while sleeping. Contact the system administrator if this error persists.

  7. [updatesch-sysm] Must be on edclxs1 to execute UPDATESCH

    This module must be executed on edclxs1 for the scheduling process to complete properly. Restart this module from edclxs1.

User Notes:

  1. UPDATESCH_DAEMON will run until it is terminated by the user (refer to ADAPSTOP for instructions on how to stop this daemon).

  2. UPDATESCH_DAEMON is part of the UPDATESCH module.