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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2021-08-15 10:40:02 +0100
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2021-08-15 12:47:01 +0100
commit44226149c4c467c9d109ead4b3c7bbe15b634997 (patch)
treedb1989fabe8ef55ec0bfef17a9d021d4d31bee35 /doc
parentc51f713eebe21071f22d0830fdaeb274b1a77059 (diff)
UTC output option for exim_dumpdb, exim_fixdb
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt17
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/NewStuff2
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index e766b69e2..3691b8ba6 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -39936,8 +39936,13 @@ in a transport)
.section "exim_dumpdb" "SECTdumpdb"
.cindex "&'exim_dumpdb'&"
The entire contents of a database are written to the standard output by the
-&'exim_dumpdb'& program, which has no options or arguments other than the
-spool and database names. For example, to dump the retry database:
+&'exim_dumpdb'& program,
+.new
+taking as arguments the spool and database names.
+An option &'-z'& may be given to regest times in UTC;
+otherwise times are in the local timezone.
+.wen
+For example, to dump the retry database:
.code
exim_dumpdb /var/spool/exim retry
.endd
@@ -40023,7 +40028,7 @@ databases is likely to keep on increasing.
.cindex "&'exim_fixdb'&"
The &'exim_fixdb'& program is a utility for interactively modifying databases.
Its main use is for testing Exim, but it might also be occasionally useful for
-getting round problems in a live system. It has no options, and its interface
+getting round problems in a live system. Its interface
is somewhat crude. On entry, it prompts for input with a right angle-bracket. A
key of a database record can then be entered, and the data for that record is
displayed.
@@ -40040,6 +40045,12 @@ resets the time of the next delivery attempt. Time values are given as a
sequence of digit pairs for year, month, day, hour, and minute. Colons can be
used as optional separators.
+.new
+Both displayed and input times are in the local timezone by default.
+If an option &'-z'& is used on the command line, displayed times
+are in UTC.
+.wen
+
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index 1d6190b29..99c630324 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Version 4.96
2. A variant of the "mask" expansion operator to give normalised IPv6.
+ 3. UTC output option for exim_dumpdb, exim_fixdb
+
Version 4.95
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