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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-09-03 20:35:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-09-03 20:35:30 +0000 |
| commit | 5d62b3178779e5c2d239894ae8fc4027f135b944 (patch) | |
| tree | 9e934669a4851a2b90f370f93c8e70c699676830 | |
| parent | 8ef1d9b24b5d54c0565ecb260f6e76190469c770 (diff) | |
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Better documentation.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=1284
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 5b4dbd46..7e886c8f 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ The or .B --logfile option (keyword: set logfile) allows you to redirect status messages -emitted while in daemon mode into a specified logfile (follow the +emitted while detached into a specified logfile (follow the option with the logfile name). The logfile is opened for append, so previous messages aren't deleted. This is primarily useful for debugging configurations. @@ -517,8 +517,10 @@ option was used. .PP The .B \-N -or --nodetach option suppresses detachment of the daemon process -from its control terminal. This is primarily useful for debugging. +or --nodetach option suppresses backgrounding and detachment of the +daemon process from its control terminal. This is primarily useful +for debugging. Note that this also causes the logfile option to be +ignored (though perhaps it shouldn't). .PP Note that while running in daemon mode polling a POP2 or POP3 server, transient errors (such as DNS failures or sendmail delivery refusals) |