From aae414dab128abebc5c187768b04f14d294d8ac9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:02:55 +0000 Subject: Document that the logfile option does not detect logfile rotation. svn path=/branches/BRANCH_6-3/; revision=5002 --- fetchmail.man | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fetchmail.man') diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 4c6991fb..19fc6065 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -1164,7 +1164,10 @@ option (keyword: set logfile) is only effective when fetchmail is detached. This option allows you to redirect status messages 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. +is primarily useful for debugging configurations. Note that fetchmail +does not detect if the logfile is rotated, the logfile is only opened +once when fetchmail starts. You need to restart fetchmail after rotating +the logfile and before compressing it (if applicable). .PP The .B \-\-syslog -- cgit v1.2.3