From 5bd13c8ab119d2abb328556009c0a56d9e96d3f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Louise Crow Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:54:09 +0100 Subject: More information on what init scripts do. --- docs/installing/manual_install.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/installing') diff --git a/docs/installing/manual_install.md b/docs/installing/manual_install.md index 5ef62c04a..ef5ace18b 100644 --- a/docs/installing/manual_install.md +++ b/docs/installing/manual_install.md @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ Start the application: One of the cron jobs refers to a script at `/etc/init.d/alaveteli-alert-tracks`. This is an init script, which can be generated from the -`config/alert-tracks-debian.ugly` template. +`config/alert-tracks-debian.ugly` template. This script sends out emails to users subscribed to updates from the site – known as [`tracks`]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email/#tracks-mail) – when there is something new matching their interests. **Template Variables:** @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ Start the alert tracks daemon: ### Generate varnish purge daemon `config/purge-varnish-debian.ugly` is a similar init script, which is optional -and not required if you choose not to run your site behind Varnish (see below). It will not run if varnish is not installed. +and not required if you choose not to run your site behind Varnish (see below). It notifies Varnish of cached pages that need to be purged from Varnish's cache. It will not run if Varnish is not installed. **Template Variables:** -- cgit v1.2.3