At 17:30 +0100 9/27/00, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
>jwblist@??? said:
>> 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.
>
>But any exim processes that start during that time will have the same
>problem, including any delivery processes the daemon is exec-ing....
>currently you end up with a system thats partially using an old config
>and partially using a new one. It may be better to have them all using
>the one on disk even if its broken :-)
>
> Nigel.
I saw that situation in other postings after sending my reply. That made
me happy that I had included "maybe" and "perhaps".
It puts us back at the injunction: "don't make errors in configuration files".
--John
