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From: <sv...@va...> - 2009-06-04 02:12:13
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Author: njn
Date: 2009-06-04 02:52:14 +0100 (Thu, 04 Jun 2009)
New Revision: 10239
Log:
Add a couple of notes based on an email from Bart.
Modified:
trunk/nightly/README.txt
Modified: trunk/nightly/README.txt
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--- trunk/nightly/README.txt 2009-06-04 01:43:49 UTC (rev 10238)
+++ trunk/nightly/README.txt 2009-06-04 01:52:14 UTC (rev 10239)
@@ -115,12 +115,21 @@
You might be able to use /usr/bin/mail, or you might need something more
elaborate like using Mutt to send mail via an external account.
+ At first, you should probably just send emails to yourself for testing
+ purposes. After it's working, then sending it to others might be
+ appropriate.
+
(5) To run the tests, execute:
$DIR/bin/nightly $DIR $TAG
You probably want to put this command into a cron file or equivalent
- so it is run regularly (preferably every night).
+ so it is run regularly (preferably every night). Actually, it's
+ probably better to put that command inside a script, and run the script
+ from cron, rather than running $DIR/bin/nightly directly. That way you
+ can put any other configuration stuff that's necessary inside the
+ script (e.g. make sure that programs used by the mailer script are in
+ your PATH).
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