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NAME
/etc/incron.conf - main config file for inotify cron (incron)
DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/incron.conf contains default settings for the program in-
crond. 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. De-
fault:/var/spool/incron
allowed_users
This file contains users allowed to use incron. Default:/etc/in-
cron.allow
denied_users
This file contains users denied to use incron. Default:/etc/in-
cron.deny
lockfile_dir
This directory is used for creating a lock avoiding to run multi-
ple instances of incrond. Default:/var/run
lockfile_name
This name (appended by '.pid') is used for creating a lock avoid-
ing to run multiple instances of incrond. Default:incrond
editor This name or path is used to run as an editor for editing incron
tables. Default no editor is given, system editor used, this op-
tion override this.
SEE ALSO
incrond(8), incrontab(1), incrontab(5)
AUTHOR
Andreas Altair Redmer <altair.ibn.la.ahad.sy@gmail.com> (please report
bugs to https://github.com/ar-/incron/issues ). Lukas Jelinek
<lukas@aiken.cz>.
COPYING
This program is free software. It can be used, redistributed and/or mod-
ified under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.
Lukas Jelinek 0.5.12 incron.conf(5)
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