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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 1385bf78..a6ea4142 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -362,6 +362,33 @@ mode 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. .PP +The +.B --syslog +option allows you to redirect status and error messages emitted while in +daemon mode to the +.IR syslog (3) +system daemon if available. +Messages are logged with an id of \fBfetchmail\fR, the facility \fBLOG_MAIL\fR, +and priorities \fBLOG_ERR\fR, \fBLOG_ALERT\fR or \fBLOG_INFO\fR. +This option is intended for logging status and error messages which +indicate the status of the daemon and the results while fetching mail +from the server(s). +Error messages for command line options and parsing the \fI.fetchmailrc\fR +file are still written to stderr, or the specified log file if the +.B -L +or +.B --logfile +option was used. +.PP +The \fI/etc/syslog.conf\fR file might contain the following to log +all messages from \fIfetchmail\fR to a single file: +.PP +.RS +!fetchmail +.br +*.* /var/log/fetchmail +.RE +.PP The .B \-N or --nodetach option suppresses detachment of the daemon process @@ -816,8 +843,11 @@ default location of file associating hosts with last message IDs seen (used only with newer RFC1725-compliant POP3 servers supporting the UIDL command). .TP 5 -$~/.fetchmail -lock file to help prevent concurrent runs. +~/.fetchmail +lock file to help prevent concurrent runs (non-root mode). +.TP 5 +/var/run/fetchmail.pid +lock file to help prevent concurrent runs (root mode). .SH ENVIRONMENT For correct initialization, .I fetchmail |