From 17c7e5f34b66cdfc4e9621cb69431ee657cfb346 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Mayo Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:38:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 29/33] update description of pid file location in server man pages --- man/serveropts.txt | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git man/serveropts.txt man/serveropts.txt index b01400d..5e14527 100644 --- man/serveropts.txt +++ man/serveropts.txt @@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ OPTIONS ------- -p pidfile:: - Specify an alternate pid file. The daemons are currently hardcoded - to use /var/run/dbmail- for their pid files, and will halt - if the pid file cannot be written. Use the -p pidfile option to - place the pid file in your system's preferred location. + Specify an alternate pid file. By default the daemons use dbmail-.pid + for their pid files, saving them in the directory specified by the + pid_directory entry in dbmail.conf or if that does not exist the value set by + the configuration option --localstatedir, and will halt if the pid file + cannot be written. Use the -p pidfile option to place the pid file in + your system's preferred location. -n:: No daemonize: inetd mode. The program remains attached to the console from -- 2.10.1 (Apple Git-78)