Re: [Exim] Logging from embedded perl

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Author: Matthias Waffenschmidt
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To: exim-users
CC: Matthias Waffenschmidt
Subject: Re: [Exim] Logging from embedded perl
Hi,

On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 03:29:11PM +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Matthias Waffenschmidt wrote:
>
> > Simply concatenating to the exim log file is potentially dangerous or
> > at least may result in mixed up log entries.
>
> It is not dangerous. That is exactly the way Exim processes operate.
> They open the log file for APPEND, and ensure that each entry is written
> in single write() operation. The operating system does the rest. It's a
> neat feature of Un*x file systems.


Thank you very much for the hint.

But a new problem comes up: How do I get the location of the log file?

I have not found an expansion variable containing the log file
destination in chapter 11.8.

If there really is no such expansion variable, may this be wishlisted?

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