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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) |