From 2b7452f9a7f727d45d3c9f914c8e018e977fa204 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Beckingham Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:32:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Feature #561 - Added taskrc.5 documentation for rc.gc=off. --- doc/man/taskrc.5 | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5 b/doc/man/taskrc.5 index 80b34b03a..fd164bf1b 100644 --- a/doc/man/taskrc.5 +++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5 @@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ files on an NFS mount may need to set locking to "off". Note that there is danger in setting this value to "off" - another program (or another instance of task) may write to the task.pending file at the same time. +.TP +.B gc=on +Can be used to temporarily suspend garbage collection (gc), so that task IDs +don't change. Note that this should be used in the form of a command line +override (task rc.gc=off ...), and not permanently used in the .taskrc file, +as this significantly affects performance. + .SS TERMINAL .TP .B curses=on