TASK_MANAGER(8)

💅 TASK_MANAGER — the manual, but make it cute

okay so this is TASK_MANAGER(8), bestie — section 8 of the sympa manuals, version 6.2.80. it's about task_manager and its script bestie task_manager.pl. she's a daemon. she processes periodical Sympa tasks. she never sleeps (literally, she's a daemon 🫶).

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✨ NAME ✨

task_manager, task_manager.pl — the daemon that handles all the periodical Sympa tasks 💖

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

"task_manager.pl" [ "--foreground" ] [ "--debug" ]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like. task_manager is that girl who is permanently scanning the task spool and processing tasks. constantly. no breaks. no vibes-based napping. iconic behavior honestly 💅

She also checks the configuration of the site and every single list so she can create the necessary tasks. yes she's doing all that. yes she's that bitch. periodt ✨

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -d, --debug — turns on debug mode. we're being nosy now 🔍
• -f, --config=file — forces task_manager to use an alternative configuration file instead of the default /etc/sympa/sympa.conf. she's flexible like that 🌸
• -F, --foreground — stops the script from being daemonized. she stays right there in your terminal with you. clingy in a cute way 🫶
• -h, --help — prints this help message. self-explanatory queen 👑
• --log_level=level — sets the log level. how much tea do you want her to spill 🍓

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🌈 FILES 🌈

• $SPOOLDIR/task/ — the directory for the task spool. this is where all the tasks hang out before they get processed ✨
• $PIDDIR/task_manager.pid — this file contains the process ID of task_manager.pl. her little name tag 💖

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

sympa_msg(8), wwsympa(8).

Sympa::Spindle::ProcessTask.

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💀 HISTORY 💀

task_manager.pl was contributed by F. Guilleux 🫶 and it first appeared on Sympa 3.3a-vhost.10. a legend. we stan a founding mother ✨

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this was 6.2.80, dated 2026-10-19 — TASK_MANAGER(8) — no cap, she's been doing this since 3.3a-vhost.10 and she's still slaying 🌸💅🦋