NAME
pgAgent - a job scheduler for PostgreSQL.
SYNOPSIS
pgagent [-f | -t seconds | -r seconds | -l number] {<connect string>}
DESCRIPTION
Introduced in pgAdmin III v1.4, pgAgent is a job scheduling agent for
PostgreSQL, capable of running multi-step batch/shell and SQL tasks on
complex schedules.
Full documentation of pgAgent is available in pgAdmin III’s online
help. Launch pgAdmin III (simply type pgadmin3 at command prompt) and
select "Help..." from the "Help" menu. Browse through the pgAdmin III
documentation until you find "pgAgent". Both database setup and system
part of the installation are detailed. You will also find instructions
to create jobs and schedules.
OPTIONS
-f run in the foreground (do not detach from the terminal)
-t seconds
poll time interval in seconds (default 10)
-r seconds
retry period after connection abort in seconds (>=10, default
30)
-l verbosity
logging verbosity (ERROR=0, WARNING=1, DEBUG=2, default 0)
<connect string>
The connect string required is a standard PostgreSQL libpq
connection string (see the PostgreSQL documentation for further
details). For example, the following command line will run
pgAgent against a server listening on the localhost, using a
database called ’pgadmin’, connecting as the user ’postgres’:
/usr/bin/pgagent hostaddr=127.0.0.1 dbname=pgadmin user=postgres
SEE ALSO
pgadmin3(1)
AUTHORS
The content of this manual page was mostly ripped from documentation
written by the pgAdmin development team. It was built by Raphaël Enrici
<blacknoz@club-internet.fr> for the Debian project (but may be used by
others).
December 26, 2005 pgagent(1)