On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 08:57:20AM -0700, John W Baxter wrote: > At 12:28 +0100 9/27/00, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> >[Philip - is this becoming a real stumbling block - maybe an occasional
> >stat of the config file & rexec if its changed would be a good thing?]
> Or maybe not...I edit the config file. I realize my error before HUPping.
> I'm too late to fix it because, according to Murphy, the occasional stat
> happens before I can fix the error.
> Perhaps a reminder as the first thing in the boilerplate at the top of the
> config file?
Maybe a wrapper script of some kind, to let you edit the config file,
then, when you edit the editor, it pipes up with "do you want to hup exim y/n?"
or similar.
The wrapper could perhaps also test the config file somehow before being
willing to hup the daemon.
