.TH pgagent 1  "December 26, 2005" 
.SH NAME
pgAgent \- a job scheduler for PostgreSQL.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBpgagent\fR [\-f | \-t \fBseconds\fR | \-r \fBseconds\fR | \-l \fBnumber\fR] {<connect string>}
.SH 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.
.PP
A full documentation of pgAgent is available in pgadmin3'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.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 
\fB\-f\fR
run in the foreground (do not detach from the
terminal)
.TP 
\fB\-t\fR \fIseconds\fR
poll time interval in seconds (default 10)
.TP 
\fB\-r\fR \fIseconds\fR
retry period after connection abort in seconds (>=10,
default 30)
.TP 
\fB\-l\fR \fIverbosity\fR
logging verbosity (ERROR=0, WARNING=1, DEBUG=2, default
0)
.TP 
\fI<connect string>\fR
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
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBpgadmin3\fR(1)
.SH AUTHORS
The content of this maniual page was mostly ripped from documentation 
written by the pgAdmin development team. It was built by Rapha\(:el Enrici 
<blacknoz@club\-internet.fr>, for the Debian project (but may be used
by others).