On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Michael Collin Nielsen wrote:
> > . A pid file is not written when -oX is used to override the SMTP port or
> > the interfaces, unless -oP is used to specify a path explicitly.
> >
> > (I'll be updating the manual for the next release.)
>
> Thanks, that explains why I can't get exim to create the pid-file.
> Wouldn't it be useful to have an option that tells exim to write the
> pid-file disregarding the rules you outlined ? Well... I would find it
> very usefull :-)
Er, the -oP option is supposed to do just that. If you give it -oP, it
will always write a pid file.
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