Re: [Exim] Wishlist # 189 redux

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Συντάκτης: Philip Hazel
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Προς: John Dalbec
Υ/ο: exim-users
Αντικείμενο: Re: [Exim] Wishlist # 189 redux
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, John Dalbec wrote:

> I run the system_filter as exim, but I'm concerned about the locking
> issues. Would I get logwrite lines in the middle of other log lines?
> Or does Exim write lines to its logfiles atomically?


Exim opens its log file for append. Each item is written as a single
write() call. Unix does the rest.

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