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diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.md b/doc/INSTALL.md index e466edd55..ef70f8139 100644 --- a/doc/INSTALL.md +++ b/doc/INSTALL.md @@ -336,8 +336,20 @@ like `!!(*= $this *)!!`. The variables are: * `user`: the user that the software runs as * `site`: a string to identify your alaveteli instance -There is a dumb python script at `script/make-crontab` which you can -edit and run to do some basic substitution for you. +There is a rake task that will help to rewrite this file into +one that is useful to you, which can be invoked with: + + bundle exec rake config_files:convert_crontab \ + DEPLOY_USER=deploy \ + VHOST_DIR=/dir/above/alaveteli \ + VCSPATH=alaveteli \ + SITE=alaveteli \ + CRONTAB=config/crontab-example > crontab + +You should change the `DEPLOY_USER`, `VHOST_DIR`, `VCSPATH` and +`SITE` environment variables to match your server and +installation. You should also edit the resulting `crontab` file +to customize the `MAILTO` variable. One of the cron jobs refers to a script at `/etc/init.d/foi-alert-tracks`. This is an init script, a copy of |