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cf-execd
cf-execd(8) System Manager's Manual cf-execd(8)
NAME
cf-execd - cfengine's execution agent
SYNOPSIS
:
cf-execd [options]
DESCRIPTION
:
The executor daemon is a scheduler and wrapper for execution of cf-agent. It collects the output of the agent and can email it to a speci-
fied address. It can splay the start time of executions across the network and work as a class-based clock for scheduling. cfengine is a
self-healing configuration and change management based system. You can think of cfengine as a very high level language, much higher level
than Perl or shell. Asingle statement is called a promise, and compliance can result in many hundreds of filesbeing created, or the permis-
sions of many hundreds offiles being set. The idea of cfengine is to create a one or more sets of configuration files which willclassify
and describe the setup of every host in a network.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
:
--help, -h
Print the help message
--debug, -d
Set debugging level 0,1,2,3
--verbose, -v
Output verbose information about the behaviour of the agent
--dry-run, -n
All talk and no action mode - make no changes, only inform of promises not kept
--version, -V
Output the version of the software
--file, -f
Specify an alternative input file than the default
--define, -D
Define a list of comma separated classes to be defined at the start of execution
--negate, -N
Define a list of comma separated classes to be undefined at the start of execution
--no-lock, -K
Ignore locking constraints during execution (ifelapsed/expireafter) if "too soon" to run
--inform, -I
Print basic information about changes made to the system, i.e. promises repaired
--diagnostic, -x
Activate internal diagnostics (developers only)
--no-fork, -F
Run as a foreground processes (do not fork)
--no-winsrv, -W
Do not run as a service on windows - use this when running from a command shell (Cfengine Nova only)
--ld-library-path, -L
Set the internal value of LD_LIBRARY_PATH for child processes
AUTHOR
Mark Burgess and CFEngine AS
INFORMATION
Bug reports: http://bug.cfengine.com, .PP Community help: http://forum.cfengine.com
Community info: http://www.cfengine.com/pages/community
Support services: http://www.cfengine.com
This software is Copyright (C) 2008-2013 CFEngine AS.
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