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authormarcus <marcus@36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544>2008-10-29 13:47:05 +0000
committermarcus <marcus@36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544>2008-10-29 13:47:05 +0000
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Modification to install and upgrade text files to include details about the crontab
git-svn-id: https://code.elgg.org/elgg/trunk@2347 36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544
-rw-r--r--INSTALL.txt16
-rw-r--r--UPGRADE.txt16
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 9dbc33406..630f3316f 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -74,14 +74,26 @@ about this, ask your system administrator), create a new database for
Elgg. Make sure you know the username and password necessary to
access this.
+4. Install your crontab (UNIX ONLY)
-4. Visit your Elgg site
+Cron is a UNIX command which allows programs to be run at set times of
+the day.
+
+If you want to take advantage of some of the maintenance functions
+such as log rotation or garbage collection, you must install a cron tab
+to trigger these events.
+
+There is an example crontab called crontab.example, edit this with the
+details of your site and install it with the command.
+
+ crontab crontab.example
+
+5. Visit your Elgg site
Once you've performed these steps, visit your Elgg site in your web
browser. Elgg will take you through the rest of the installation
process from there.
-
A note on settings and .htaccess
The Elgg installer will try and create two files for you:
diff --git a/UPGRADE.txt b/UPGRADE.txt
index 6f938d4b2..1ea6f863e 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.txt
+++ b/UPGRADE.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,18 @@ ELGG UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS
maintain your modifications, although Elgg is not guaranteed
to work correctly in this instance.
-3. Visit http://your-elgg-site-URL/upgrade.php \ No newline at end of file
+3. Visit http://your-elgg-site-URL/upgrade.php
+
+4. If you haven't already done so, install your crontab (UNIX ONLY)
+
+ Cron is a UNIX command which allows programs to be run at set
+ times of the day.
+
+ If you want to take advantage of some of the maintenance
+ functions such as log rotation or garbage collection, you must
+ install a cron tab to trigger these events.
+
+ There is an example crontab called crontab.example, edit this
+ with the details of your site and install it with the command.
+
+ crontab crontab.example \ No newline at end of file