NAME

       pgAgent - a job scheduler for PostgreSQL.

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)

       -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

SEE ALSO

       pgadmin3(1)

AUTHORS

       The content of this manual page was mostly ripped from documentation written by the  pgAdmin  development
       team.  It was built by Raphaël Enrici <blacknoz@club-internet.fr> for the Debian project (but may be used
       by others).

                                                December 26, 2005                                     pgagent(1)