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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2017-04-03 18:12:49 +0100
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2017-04-03 18:12:49 +0100
commit765f85e5c894c934db0287bb35d9f9037b8dca1a (patch)
treeb61ec823d2e9e90c0c074b106cebc13dca8a0f7d
parent7006ee24ecfd9d8f405f70d38cc36bdd91f8de87 (diff)
Docs: expand descriptiong of control=debug
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@@ -29013,12 +29013,14 @@ sender when the destination system is doing content-scan based rejection.
.cindex "&ACL;" "enabling debug logging"
.cindex "debugging" "enabling from an ACL"
This control turns on debug logging, almost as though Exim had been invoked
-with &`-d`&, with the output going to a new logfile, by default called
-&'debuglog'&. The filename can be adjusted with the &'tag'& option, which
+with &`-d`&, with the output going to a new logfile in the usual logs directory,
+by default called &'debuglog'&.
+The filename can be adjusted with the &'tag'& option, which
may access any variables already defined. The logging may be adjusted with
the &'opts'& option, which takes the same values as the &`-d`& command-line
option.
-Logging may be stopped, and the file removed, with the &'kill'& option.
+Logging started this way may be stopped, and the file removed,
+with the &'kill'& option.
Some examples (which depend on variables that don't exist in all
contexts):
.code