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)

-s file

log file (messages are logged to STDOUT if not specified)

-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

AUTHORS

The content of this manual page was mostly ripped from documentation written by the pgAdmin development team. It was built by Raphaël Enrici <[email protected]> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).