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[Stephen Jarjoura <address@concealed>]

sync_include is  a global task.

Global model paths

The task manager daemon checks if a version of a global task model exists in different directories in the following order:

• $SYSCONFDIR/tasks/;

• $DEFAULTDIR/tasks/.

...

The sync_include task

An exception in the realm of tasks in Sympa, the sync_include task accepts one and only one model : sync_include.ttl.task. It’s useless to try and create other versions of this task, they will be ignored. There exists a configuration parameter related to sync_include, though, but it doesn’t set the model used. It is the ttl parameter. It will just set the length of time between two synchronizations.

https://sympa-community.github.io/manual/customize/basics-tasks.html

The "ttl" parameter controls when a sync_include task runs, the default is 1 hour (3600 seconds).

ttl

Inclusions timeout

• Format:

  Number of seconds.

• Default:

  3600 (seconds)

• Context:

  list (config), site (sympa.conf)

Sympa caches user data extracted using the include parameter. Their TTL (time-to-live) within Sympa can be controlled using this parameter. The default value is 3600

https://sympa-community.github.io/gpldoc/man/sympa_config.5.html

The log entries look like this:

Jul 19 09:54:36 sympahost task_manager[122261]: notice Sympa::Spindle::ProcessTask::_execute() Running task Sympa::Task <date=1626702875;label=INIT;model=sync_include;address@concealed>

Jul 19 09:54:36 sympahost task_manager[122261]: notice Sympa::Spindle::ProcessTask::do_next() line 5 of sync_include: next(1626706476, INIT)

Jul 19 09:54:36 sympahost task_manager[122261]: notice Sympa::Spool::store() Sympa::Task <date=1626706476;label=INIT;model=sync_include;address@concealed> is stored into Sympa::Spool::Task as <1626706476.INIT.sync_include.address@concealed>

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Stephen A. Jarjoura

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On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 5:48 AM antonelli@cnaf <address@concealed> wrote:

Dear All,

sorry

[Sympa 6.2.62 multi-domain on CentOS 7.9]

the rest is the same

cheers Stefano

On 7/19/21 11:45, antonelli@cnaf wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> [Sympa 6.2.58 multi-domain on CentOS 7.9]
>
> one users is including/excluding members of a list from external
> source
> (in particular it's a text file served from
> https://some_server/a_file.txt) and it works.
>
> I'm not able to understand if and how many times a day the process runs
> and
> which is the process which updates the subscribers list apart from a
> manual syncronization.
>
> I've tried to check sympa.log grepping "include" and I find only lists
> including from LDAP source and, even in this case, I do not find a
> regular timestamp for a cron job running.
>
> Could you explain me how it works?
>
> thank you
> cheers
> Stefano
>