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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Plugins/abrt-FileTransfer.7')
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diff --git a/lib/Plugins/abrt-FileTransfer.7 b/lib/Plugins/abrt-FileTransfer.7 index 132bfcd..a721dd8 100644 --- a/lib/Plugins/abrt-FileTransfer.7 +++ b/lib/Plugins/abrt-FileTransfer.7 @@ -18,24 +18,17 @@ The plugin is invoked in the \fIabrt.conf\fP file, usually in the \fIActionsAndReporters\fP option and/or the \fI[cron]\fP section. There are two modes of invocation: .P -* If you use the parameter -\fI"store"\fP, the plugin stores a record of the occurrence of -the crash in its internal list. +* Specify \fIFileTransfer(one)\fP in ActionsAndReporters directive. +Immediately after crash is detected, the plugin transfers crash data +to the server specified in the \fIFileTransfer.conf\fP configuration file. .P -* If you use the parameter -\fI"one"\fP, the plugin will transfer this specific crash, -on which it was invoked, without storing it in the internal -list. -.P -* If you use some other parameter, or no parameter at all, the -plugin will iterate through the internal list and will send -every recorded crash to the server specified in the \fIFileTransfer.conf\fP -configuration file. After that, the internal list is cleared. -.P -On a production machine, you probably do not want the daemon to send crash -data at times that the machine is busy working. This second mode allows you -to send crash reports at a quieter time (at night, perhaps) that you -schedule in the \fI[cron]\fP section of \fIabrt.conf\fP. +* Specify \fIFileTransfer(store)\fP in ActionsAndReporters directive +and add \fIHH:MM = FileTransfer\fP line in [cron] section. +At the time of the crash, +the plugin stores a record of it in its internal list. +When specified time is reached, the plugin iterates through +its internal list and sends every recorded crash to the specified URL. +After that, the internal list is cleared. .SH CONFIGURATION The \fIFileTransfer.conf\fP configuration file contains several entries in the format "Option = Value". The options are: @@ -48,24 +41,16 @@ URL = ftp://user:passwd@server.com/path .SS ArchiveType The type of the archive in which to pack the crash data. Currently, \fI.tar\fP, \fI.tar.gz\fP, \fI.tar.bz2\fP and \fI.zip\fP -are supported. -The plugin uses archive creation libraries for this. -The default is -.br -ArchiveType = .tar.gz +are supported. The default is \fI.tar.gz\fP .SS RetryCount This specifies how many times the plugin will try to resend the file if the transfer was not succesful. The plugin -waits a while before it retries the transfer: see \fIRetryDelay\fP -The default is -.br -RetryCount = 3 +waits a while before it retries the transfer: see \fIRetryDelay\fP. +The default is 3 .SS RetryDelay If the transfer was not succesful, the plugin will wait some time before sending the file again. This configuration -option specifies the time in seconds. The default is -.br -RetryDelay = 20 +option specifies the time in seconds. The default is 20. .SH EXAMPLES .P Typical configuration in \fIabrt.conf\fP. The crash is stored @@ -74,7 +59,7 @@ is transferred to a central server. .P [common] .br -ActionsAndReporters = FileTransfer("store") +ActionsAndReporters = FileTransfer(store) .br [cron] .br |