svn commit: r153282 - spamassassin/trunk/spamd/spamd.raw

[jm...@apache.org]

Author: jm
Date: Thu Feb 10 10:54:41 2005
New Revision: 153282

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?view=rev&rev=153282
Log:
add note about logging to file, and locking

Modified:
    spamassassin/trunk/spamd/spamd.raw

Modified: spamassassin/trunk/spamd/spamd.raw
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/spamassassin/trunk/spamd/spamd.raw?view=diff&r1=153281&r2=153282
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--- spamassassin/trunk/spamd/spamd.raw (original)
+++ spamassassin/trunk/spamd/spamd.raw Thu Feb 10 10:54:41 2005
@@ -2323,6 +2323,10 @@
 must be restarted with a SIGHUP. (If the log file is just truncated, this is
 not needed but still recommended.)
 
+Note that logging to a file does not use locking, so you cannot intermix
+logging from spamd and other processes into the same file.  If you want
+to mix logging like this, use syslog instead.
+
 =item B<--syslog-socket>=I<type>
 
 Specify how spamd should send messages to syslogd.  The options are C<unix>,
@@ -2334,7 +2338,8 @@
 need to set this.  If you get error messages regarding B<__PATH_LOG> or similar
 from spamd, try changing this setting.
 
-The socket type C<file> is used internally and should not be specified.
+The socket type C<file> is used internally and should not be specified.  Use
+the C<-s> switch instead.
 
 =item B<-u> I<username>, B<--username>=I<username>