[Koha-devel] Not know how to use finesMode

[Joe Atzberger]

The example crontab file was altered to make it's examples invalid.  They
look like lines for cron, not crontab.

Please see the original crontab.example:
http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob;f=misc/cronjobs/crontab.example;hb=830d1f19b458fce4ba9c03bd9aa7759e9f698def

--Joe Atzberger

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Michael Hafen <mdhafen at tech.washk12.org>wrote:

> I'll assume you have the circulation and fines rules setup already for
> overdue fines.  Also it sounds like you have Koha version 3, so I'll
> assume you do.
>
> Setting finesMode to "production" is the first step.  The next is to
> make a cron job to run the script "fines.pl" once a day.  There is an
> example cron file included with koha.  In the source tree it's
> misc/cronjobs/crontab.example.  In the install tree it's
> bin/cronjobs/crontab.example.  This file is an example for the setup of
> a scheduled process on a unix style system ( like Linux ).  Edit this
> file to suite your need.
>
> A few things to watch out for:
> For me to get this to work I had to run each process as "root" instead
> of "koha", on each line I replaced '$KOHA_USER' with 'root'
> The lines near the top, PERL5LIB, KOHA_CONF, and KOHA_CRON_PATH need to
> be set to match your install.
> On the line for fines, you may need to change 'longoverdue.pl' to
> 'fines.pl' or 'fines2.pl' depending on which version of Koha 3 you have.
> If you see 'fines.pl' in the bin/cronjobs folder then that is the one to
> use.
>
> Once this is edited to your needs copy or link it to the /etc/cron.d
> directory.  You may have to touch the /etc/crontab file before cron will
> realize it's there.
>
> Once you have the cron job running properly your overdue fines show up
> the next day.  You can watch the system log to see if cron complains
> about anything while reading the file.  Mine now is complaining that the
> wrong users owns the crontab file.
>
> Good luck.
>
> On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 17:46 +0200, Rubén Gómez wrote:
> > Hello everybody. That's my first email so I hope I can express myself.
> >
> > I want to use the fines Mode but I'm not sure how to put it working. I
> > have gone to "Circulation preferences" and I put the "finesMode"
> > variable to "production", but it doesn't do nothing.
> >
> > I want to create a fine when anyone don't return a book on time,
> > something like to pay $0,5 each day it overpass the "Specify Due
> > Date". I suppose it must be done with "finesMode" but I don't know how
> > to do it. What about "accruefines cronjob", where can I found it?
> >
> > I hope you can help me.
> >
> > Thanks!
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