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| author | marcus <marcus@36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544> | 2008-10-29 13:47:05 +0000 |
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| committer | marcus <marcus@36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544> | 2008-10-29 13:47:05 +0000 |
| commit | 1fdf4fa7b8ed7175ee9b21a6b2b5fa698fd19bc3 (patch) | |
| tree | 3947ebeb1968e058d0d05796b5971dd0f44462e8 /INSTALL.txt | |
| parent | 52ba101171a1ded53552b2c6b67d09bd672d8ed9 (diff) | |
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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
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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:
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