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author | Thomas Morper <thomas@beingboiled.info> | 2013-11-11 09:53:01 -0600 |
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committer | Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2013-11-11 10:53:37 -0600 |
commit | 8c53779c5fa37234ede9a5ebf5716430f8c4155d (patch) | |
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network/exim: Updated for version 4.82.
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/network/exim/manpages/exim_lock.8 b/network/exim/manpages/exim_lock.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 18af58e7fe..0000000000 --- a/network/exim/manpages/exim_lock.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,136 +0,0 @@ -.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- -.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps -.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection -.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) -.TH EXIM_LOCK 8 "March 26, 2003" -.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. -.\" -.\" Some roff macros, for reference: -.\" .nh disable hyphenation -.\" .hy enable hyphenation -.\" .ad l left justify -.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins -.\" .nf disable filling -.\" .fi enable filling -.\" .br insert line break -.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines -.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) -.\" \(oqthis text is enclosed in single quotes\(cq -.\" \(lqthis text is enclosed in double quotes\(rq -.SH NAME -exim_lock \- Mailbox maintenance -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B exim_lock -.RI [ options ] mailbox-file - -.SH DESCRIPTION -The -.B exim_lock -utility locks a mailbox file using the same algorithm as Exim. -For a discussion of locking issues, see section 25.2. -.B exim_lock -can be used to prevent any modification of a mailbox by Exim or a user -agent while investigating a problem. -The utility requires the name of the file as its first argument. -If the locking is successful, the second argument is run as a command -(using C's \(lqsystem()\(rq function); if there is no second argument, the value -of the SHELL environment variable is used; if this is unset or empty, -/bin/sh is run. -When the command finishes, the mailbox is unlocked and the utility ends. -The following options are available: -.TP -.I \-fcntl -Use \(lqfcntl()\(rq locking on the open mailbox. -.TP -.I \-interval -This must be followed by a number, which is a number of seconds; it -sets the interval to sleep between retries (default 3). -.TP -.I \-lockfile -Create a lock file before opening the mailbox. -.TP -.I \-mbx -Lock the mailbox using MBX rules. -.TP -.I \-q -Suppress verification output. -.TP -.I \-retries -This must be followed by a number; it sets the number of times to try -to get the lock (default 10). -.TP -.I \-timeout -This must be followed by a number, which is a number of seconds; it -sets a timeout to be used with a blocking \(lqfcntl()\(rq lock. -If it is not set (the default), a non-blocking call is used. -.TP -.I \-v -Generate verbose output. - -If none of -.I \-fcntl, \-lockfile -or -.I \-mbx -are given, the default is to create a lock file and also use \(lqfcntl()\(rq locking -on the mailbox, which is the same as -.B Exim's -default. -The use of -.I \-fcntl -requires that the file be writable; the use -of -.I \-lockfile -requires that the directory containing the file be writable. -Locking by lock file does not last for ever; Exim assumes that a lock file -is expired if it is more than 30 minutes old. - -The -.I \-mbx -option is mutually exclusive with -.I \-fcntl. -It causes a shared lock to be taken out on the open mailbox, and an -exclusive lock on the file /tmp/.n.m where n and m are the device number -and inode number of the mailbox file. -When the locking is released, if an exclusive lock can be obtained for the -mailbox, the file in /tmp is deleted. - -The default output contains verification of the locking that takes place. -The -.I \-v -option causes some additional information to be given. -The -.I \-q -option suppresses all output except error messages. -.PP -A command such as - - exim_lock /var/spool/mail/spqr - -runs an interactive shell while the file is locked, whereas - - exim_lock \-q /var/spool/mail/spqr <<End - <some commands> - End - -runs a specific non-interactive sequence of commands while the file is -locked, suppressing all verification output. -A single command can be run by a command such as - - exim_lock \-q /var/spool/mail/spqr \ - "cp /var/spool/mail/spqr /some/where" - -Note that if a command is supplied, it must be entirely contained within -the second argument - hence the quotes. - -.SH BUGS -This manual page needs a major re-work. If somebody knows better groff -than us and has more experience in writing manual pages, any patches -would be greatly appreciated. - -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR exim (8) - -.SH AUTHOR -This manual page was stitched together from spec.txt by -Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org>, -for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). |