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| author | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2009-05-29 07:53:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2009-05-29 07:53:59 +0000 |
| commit | e168a13ce589300db74c09e82bbe63c1297a1274 (patch) | |
| tree | 7d64b648a2ce43783c0a8945c591e1dbd1c89240 /fetchmail.man | |
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Let logfile take precedence over syslog if and only if logfile is effective.
svn path=/branches/BRANCH_6-3/; revision=5349
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index da05a51e..9db9d1e8 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -1224,9 +1224,8 @@ The or .B \-\-logfile <filename> option (keyword: set logfile) is only effective when fetchmail is -detached and in daemon mode. Note that the logfile must exist BEFORE -fetchmail is run, you -can use the +detached and in daemon mode. Note that \fBthe logfile must exist +before\fP fetchmail is run, you can use the .BR touch (1) command with the filename as its sole argument to create it. .br @@ -1255,11 +1254,7 @@ The .B \-\-nosyslog option turns off use of .BR syslog (3), -assuming it's turned on in the \fI~/.fetchmailrc\fP file, or that the -.B \-L -or -.B \-\-logfile <file> -option was used. +assuming it's turned on in the \fI~/.fetchmailrc\fP file. .PP The .B \-N @@ -2112,7 +2107,8 @@ There are some global option statements: 'set logfile' followed by a string sets the same global specified by \-\-logfile. A command-line \-\-logfile option will override this. Note that \-\-logfile is only effective if fetchmail detaches itself from the terminal and the -logfile already exists before fetchmail is run. Also, +logfile already exists before fetchmail is run, and it overrides +\-\-syslog in this case. Also, \&'set daemon' sets the poll interval as \-\-daemon does. This can be overridden by a command-line \-\-daemon option; in particular \-\-daemon\~0 can be used to force foreground operation. The 'set postmaster' |