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Fix SCAN_INTERVAL_CRON env var doesn't exist #123

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16 changes: 8 additions & 8 deletions docs/administration/scanning-and-watcher.md
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Configured via env vars (full table in [Scheduled Tasks](scheduled-tasks.md)):

| Variable | Default | Purpose |
| -------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `SCAN_INTERVAL_CRON` | `0 0 * * *` | Cron expression for the scheduled library scan. Runs a **Quick** scan by default. |
| `SCAN_TIMEOUT` | `14400` | Hard cap in seconds: scans that exceed this are killed and logged. |
| `SCAN_WORKERS` | `1` | Concurrent worker processes for scanning; leave as auto unless you're tuning. |
| `SEVEN_ZIP_TIMEOUT` | `60` | Per-archive timeout in seconds for `.7z` extraction during scan; raise if scanning huge compressed ROM sets. |

To disable scheduled scans entirely, either unset the cron or set it to something unreachable (`SCAN_INTERVAL_CRON=0 0 31 2 *`).
| Variable | Default | Purpose |
| ----------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `SCHEDULED_RESCAN_CRON` | `0 0 * * *` | Cron expression for the scheduled library scan. Runs a **Quick** scan by default. |
| `SCAN_TIMEOUT` | `14400` | Hard cap in seconds: scans that exceed this are killed and logged. |
| `SCAN_WORKERS` | `1` | Concurrent worker processes for scanning; leave as auto unless you're tuning. |
| `SEVEN_ZIP_TIMEOUT` | `60` | Per-archive timeout in seconds for `.7z` extraction during scan; raise if scanning huge compressed ROM sets. |

To disable scheduled scans entirely, either unset the cron or set it to something unreachable (`SCHEDULED_RESCAN_CRON=0 0 31 2 *`).

## Filesystem watcher

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| Task | Type | Default schedule | Env var | Purpose |
| -------------------------- | --------- | ---------------- | -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Folder Scan | Scheduled | `0 0 * * *` | `SCAN_INTERVAL_CRON` | Rescan ROM library for new or changed files. |
| Folder Scan | Scheduled | `0 0 * * *` | `SCHEDULED_RESCAN_CRON` | Rescan ROM library for new or changed files. |
| Switch titleDB Fetch | Scheduled | `0 12 * * 0` | `SWITCH_TITLEDB_FETCH_INTERVAL_CRON` | Update Nintendo Switch game database used for matching. |
| LaunchBox Metadata Sync | Scheduled | `0 2 * * *` | `LAUNCHBOX_SYNC_INTERVAL_CRON` | Synchronize LaunchBox metadata cache. |
| Image Conversion | Scheduled | `0 3 * * *` | `IMAGE_CONVERSION_INTERVAL_CRON` | Convert media to WebP for serving. |
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion scripts/gen_scheduled_tasks.py
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"name": "Folder Scan",
"type": "Scheduled",
"default_cron": "0 0 * * *",
"env_var": "SCAN_INTERVAL_CRON",
"env_var": "SCHEDULED_RESCAN_CRON",
"purpose": "Rescan ROM library for new or changed files.",
},
{
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