Re: [Exim] Exim -C and child inheritence of the config file

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 23:01:53 +0200, Tamas TEVESZ wrote:

> > Could someone confirm that the children of Exim queue runners started
> > with the -C option pick up the latest copy of that configuration file.
>
> i almost said, 'search the archives'... (oh, it's you, sheldon? sorry,
> then :)

I've gotten much better at searching the archives, I promise. :-)

> yes, childrens are started up with the proper config file. this was an
> issue once, and fixed in... in... dunno. sometime in the last two
> years :) check the changelog, it might have a note about... but i do
> remember for sure that there was at least a mail or two about it on
> the list, and Philip said he fixed it.

Okay, but that sounds like an answer to the question "Will children be
exec'd with the same configuration filename as was passed to the parent
with the -C option?" That's not my question.

My question is whether they read that config file off disk when they
start up, and whether what they take from it is used unmodified by any
interaction with the parent.

Ciao,
Sheldon.