3.3 period

The period configuration item specifies how long to wait between pings. The units are (integer) seconds. If there is one integer, ‘alive’ uses it as a fixed period. If there are two, the first must be less than or equal than the second, and ‘alive’ chooses a random number between (inclusively) the two.

     ;;; ~/.alive.d/period (-*- scheme -*-)
     
     ;; quickly
     ;       3
     
     ;; languidly
     ;       391
     
     ;; randomly, but not too quickly
             149 420
     
     ;;; ~/.alive.d/period ends here