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1  $Id: README.txt,v 1.5.2.1 2009/05/06 05:21:32 robloach Exp $  $Id: README.txt,v 1.6 2009/09/29 22:28:04 davereid Exp $
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3  Description  Description
4  -----------  -----------
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6  Poormanscron is a module which runs the Drupal cron operations without  Poormanscron is a module which runs the Drupal cron operations without
7  needing the cron application.  needing the cron application.
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9  For every page view, this module checks to see if our last cron run was more  This is a Drupal 6 backport of the simple Poormanscron feature that was added
10  than 1 hour ago (this period is configurable). If so, the cron hooks are  to Drupal 7 (http://drupal.org/node/331611).
 executed (which, for example, update RSS/syndication blocks), and Drupal  
 is happy. These cron hooks fire after all HTML is returned to the browser,  
 so the user who kicks off the cron jobs should not notice any delay.  
   
   
 Requirements  
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 This module requires Drupal 4.7 or a later version.  
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13  Installation  Installation
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16  1) Extract the package.  1) Extract the package.
17  2) Copy/upload the Poormanscron folder to your sites/all/modules directory of  2) Copy/upload the Poormanscron folder to your sites/all/modules directory of
18     your Drupal installation (e.g. sites/all/modules/poormanscron).     your Drupal installation (e.g. sites/all/modules/poormanscron).
19  3) Enable the Poormanscron module in Drupal (administer -> modules).  3) Enable the 'Automatically run cron' option in your site's information
20       settings (Administer > Site configuration > Site information).
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23  Configuration  Configuration
24  -------------  -------------
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26  Poormanscron can be configured at:  Poormanscron can be configured at:
27    Administer -> Site configuration -> Poormanscron    Administer > Site configuration > Site information
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30  Authors  Authors
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33   * Moshe Weitzman <weitzman@tejasa.com> - original author   * Moshe Weitzman <weitzman@tejasa.com> - original author
34   * Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> - current maintainer   * Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> - current maintainer
35     * Dave Reid <http://drupal.org/user/53892> - co-maintainer
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