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7. Scheduler and MDC-System-daemon
The MDC-X system comes with a scheduler which offers the possibility to start and stop differnt kind of projects
during at a given time. Per default the scheduler que is empty and there are no scheduled tasks.
The MDC Scheduler (aka cron / fcron) is a very versatile system do to all kind of scheduled tasks.
Even though tasks can be very different all tasks have some things in common:
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Date and Time of task (when it should be started): Minute, Second, Day, Month, Day of Week
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Command that will be started: Some command that is available on the system
To enable the scheduler all you have to do is add a new task entry. You can use the templates for some common task.
For controlling the MDC with the scheduler you can use the MDC daemon interface and send commands to it:
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/opt/mdcos/bin/mdc-sender COMMAND [MIRROR_ID]
If the command requires a MIRROR_ID you have to use it. A MIRROR_ID of “0” means that the command goes out
to all mirrors - the “0” must be added to all commands even they do not route to a specific Mirror Head. The list of
