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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2009-05-04 21:52:32 +0000
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2009-05-04 21:52:32 +0000
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Major progress ticker bugfix/overhaul.
Progress tickers had been used inconsistently for a long time, and documentation was outdated, too. Factor out common code to ease maintenance, use the report_flush() function, and add and use a macro (want_progress()) to determine if progress ticker output is desired. This makes for a much more consistent look on screen and in logfiles and should be much easier to fix later on. TODO: test syslog output. svn path=/branches/BRANCH_6-3/; revision=5290
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The
.B \-\-showdots
option (keyword: set showdots) forces fetchmail to show progress dots
-even if the current tty is not stdout (for example logfiles).
-Fetchmail shows the dots by default when run in nodetach mode or when
-daemon mode is not enabled.
+even if the output goes to a file or fetchmail is not in verbose mode.
+Fetchmail shows the dots by default when run in \-\-verbose mode
+\fIand\fP output goes to console. This option is ignored in \-\-silent mode.
.PP
By specifying the
.B \-\-tracepolls