HPUX queuedefs[4]

 queuedefs(4)                                                   queuedefs(4)





 NAME
      queuedefs - queue description file for at(1), batch(1), and crontab(1)

 SYNOPSIS
      /usr/lib/cron/queuedefs

 DESCRIPTION
      The queuedefs file describes the characteristics of the queues managed
      by cron (see cron(1M)).  Each non-comment line in this file describes
      one queue.  The format of the lines are as follows:

           q.[njobj][nicen][nwaitw]

      The fields in this line are:

           q    The name of the queue, such that a is the default queue for
                jobs started by at (see at(1)), b is the queue for jobs
                started by batch (see batch(1)), and c is the queue for jobs
                run from a crontab file (see crontab(1)).  Queue names d
                through y designate user-defined queues.

           njob The maximum number of jobs that can be run simultaneously in
                that queue.  Although any number can be specified here, the
                total number of jobs that can be run on all the queues is
                limited to 40.

           nice The nice value to give to all jobs in that queue that are
                not run with a user ID of super-user (see nice(1)).  The
                default value is 2.

           nwait
                The number of seconds to wait before rescheduling a job that
                was deferred because more than njob jobs were running in
                that job's queue, or because more than 40 jobs were running
                in all the queues (see njob above).

 EXAMPLES
      Consider the following queuedefs file:

           a.4j1n
           b.2j2n90w

      The file is interpreted as follows:

           a.4j1n         The a queue, for at jobs (see at (1)), can have up
                          to 4 jobs running simultaneously, and those jobs
                          will be run with a nice value of 1.

                          Since no nwait value is given, if a job cannot be
                          run because too many other jobs are running, cron
                          will wait 60 seconds before trying again to run it



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 queuedefs(4)                                                   queuedefs(4)





                          (see cron(1M)).

           b.2j2n90w      The b queue, for batch jobs (see batch(1)), can
                          have up to 2 jobs running simultaneously.  Those
                          jobs will be run with a nice value of 2.  If a job
                          cannot be run because too many other jobs are
                          running, cron will wait 90 seconds before trying
                          again to run it.

      All other queues can have up to 100 jobs running simultaneously.  They
      will be run with a nice value of 2, and if a job cannot be run because
      too many other jobs are running, cron will wait 60 seconds before
      trying again to run it.

 SEE ALSO
      at(1), batch(1), nice(1), crontab(1), cron(1M), proto(4)

 STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
      queuedefs: SVID2



































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