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author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
date Mon, 09 Dec 2002 02:37:20 +0000
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2 Installing Roundup 2 Installing Roundup
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.36 $ 5 :Version: $Revision: 1.37 $
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7 .. contents:: 7 .. contents::
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10 Overview 10 Overview
82 82
83 Basic Installation Steps 83 Basic Installation Steps
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85 85
86 1. To install the Roundup support code into your Python tree and 86 1. To install the Roundup support code into your Python tree and
87 Roundup scripts into /usr/local/bin. You need to have write permissions 87 Roundup scripts into /usr/local/bin (substitute that path for whatever is
88 appropriate on your system). You need to have write permissions
88 for these locations, eg. being root on unix:: 89 for these locations, eg. being root on unix::
89 90
90 python setup.py install 91 python setup.py install
91 92
92 If you would like to place the Roundup scripts in a directory other 93 If you would like to place the Roundup scripts in a directory other
317 318
318 To test the mail gateway on unix systems, try:: 319 To test the mail gateway on unix systems, try::
319 320
320 echo test |mail -s '[issue] test' support@YOUR_DOMAIN_HERE 321 echo test |mail -s '[issue] test' support@YOUR_DOMAIN_HERE
321 322
322 As a regular cron job using a mailbox source 323 As a regular job using a mailbox source
323 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 324 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
324 325
325 Set ``roundup-mailgw`` up to run every 10 minutes or so. For example:: 326 Set ``roundup-mailgw`` up to run every 10 minutes or so. For example::
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327 10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support mailbox <mail_spool_file> 328 10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support mailbox <mail_spool_file>
328 329
329 Where the ``mail_spool_file`` argument is the location of the roundup submission 330 Where the ``mail_spool_file`` argument is the location of the roundup submission
330 user's mail spool. On most systems, the spool for a user "issue_tracker" 331 user's mail spool. On most systems, the spool for a user "issue_tracker"
331 will be "``/var/mail/issue_tracker``". 332 will be "``/var/mail/issue_tracker``".
332 333
333 As a regular cron job using a POP source 334 As a regular job using a POP source
334 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 335 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
335 336
336 To retrieve from a POP mailbox, use a similar cron entry to the mailbox one:: 337 To retrieve from a POP mailbox, use a *cron* entry to the mailbox one::
337 338
338 10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support pop <pop_spec> 339 10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support pop <pop_spec>
339 340
340 where pop_spec is "``username:password@server``" that specifies the roundup 341 where pop_spec is "``username:password@server``" that specifies the roundup
341 submission user's POP account name, password and server. 342 submission user's POP account name, password and server.
343
344 On windows, you would set up the command using the windows scheduler.
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343 346
344 Shared Environment Steps 347 Shared Environment Steps
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