[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question about the Cron set-up to run generate_fines.pl

[Cynthia Williamson]

Thanks Mike, That's great, we just wanted to be sure that running it
frequently wouldn't cause any problems.
Cheers, Cynthia

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Mike Rylander <mrylander at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Cynthia Williamson
> <crwbookgirl at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All :
> >
> > Just wondering if there is a recommended Cron setup to run
> > generate_fines.pl?  Hourly?  Daily?  Note: we have 1 and 2 hour loan
> periods
> > and would like to generate the fines during the day if those items are
> > overdue.
>
> In 1.2, 1.4 and (for now) 1.6, you'll want to run it often -- say,
> every 15 minutes.  Trunk has code to avoid the need to /ever/ run the
> fine generator (but you'll still want to, at least daily, so patrons
> know what they owe while an item is overdue).
>
> --
> Mike Rylander
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>  | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
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>



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