/cron/README.txt

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  1. This folder holds cron jobs that support galaxy.
  2. updateucsc.sh is a shell script to facilitate the updates from UCSC.
  3. Galaxy stores several files locally to speed up operations that depend
  4. on information from UCSC. These files can all be found in the
  5. static/ucsc folder.
  6. Before adding updateucsc.sh to the crontab, it is important to note
  7. two things. First, updateucsc.sh must be edited to point towards the
  8. root galaxy directory. At the top of the file there is a variable
  9. "GALAXY" that should be edited. Second, the updates come from UCSC
  10. via their table browsers. While the tendency is typically to run cron
  11. jobs late at night, UCSC, like most, tend to take down their servers
  12. at odd hours for maintenance. The update scripts for UCSC are not CPU
  13. intensive, and should be scheduled during normal hours.