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diff --git a/network/exim/manpages/exiwhat.8 b/network/exim/manpages/exiwhat.8 deleted file mode 100644 index c2c67ffd33..0000000000 --- a/network/exim/manpages/exiwhat.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,101 +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 EXIWHAT 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 -exiwhat \- Finding out what Exim processes are doing -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B exiwhat - -.SH DESCRIPTION -On operating systems that can restart a system call after receiving a -signal (most modern OS), an -.B Exim -process responds to the SIGUSR1 signal by writing a line describing what -it is doing to the file exim\-process.info in the Exim spool directory. -The -.B exiwhat -script sends the signal to all -.B Exim -processes it can find, having first emptied the file. -It then waits for one second to allow the -.B Exim -processes to react before displaying the results. -In order to run -.B exiwhat -successfully you have to have sufficient privilege to send the signal to -the -.B Exim -processes, so it is normally run as root. - -Unfortunately, the -.B ps -command which -.B exiwhat -uses to find -.B Exim -processes varies in different operating systems. -Not only are different options used, but the format of the output is -different. -For this reason, there are some system configuration options that configure -exactly how -.B exiwhat -works. -If it doesn't seem to be working for you, check the following compile-time -options: -.TP -.I EXIWHAT_PS_CMD -the command for running \(lqps\(rq -.TP -.I EXIWHAT_PS_ARG -the argument for \(lqps\(rq -.TP -.I EXIWHAT_EGREP_ARG -the argument for \(lqegrep\(rq to select from \(lqps\(rq output -.TP -.I EXIWHAT_KILL_ARG -the argument for the \(lqkill\(rq command -.PP -An example of typical output from -.B exiwhat -is - -.nf - 164 daemon: -q1h, listening on port 25 -10483 running queue: waiting for 0tAycK-0002ij-00 (10492) -10492 delivering 0tAycK-0002ij-00 to mail.ref.example [10.19.42.42] - (editor@ref.example) -10592 handling incoming call from [192.168.243.242] -10628 accepting a local non-SMTP message -.fi - -The first number in the output line is the process number. -The third line has been split here, in order to fit it on the page. - -.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). |