* Cliff Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-18 17:48:26 +1200]: > > I swear that I recall exim used to have a --help or equivalent, but when > > I try to do exim --help or even exim --version I get nothing. > > > > Was this removed? I thought I saw it in previous versions, but even > > 4.54 does the same thing. > > > > Sorry if this is a stupid question. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# exim --help > Exim is a Mail Transfer Agent. It is normally called by Mail User Agents, > not directly from a shell command line. Options and/or arguments control > what it does when called. For a list of options, see the Exim documentation.
Yeah, no doubt. I saw the exact same thing which is why I asked the question. > What do you want to find out? If you are running a unix-type system > 'man exim' should give you plenty to go on. And it's also extremely long. I often do things like "foo --help 2>&1|grep something" in order to find the option I'm looking for (ie. i might like to do "exim --help 2>&1|grep queue" to find out all the options to manipulate the queue). The fact that all exim tells me is "options and/or arguments control what it does when it is called" is... well... painfully obvious without being helpful at all. It was just a question because I thought exim used to have something a little more useful there... maybe I'm wrong. BTW, I'm not an exim n00b, nor am I an idiot, so the obvious answers aren't overly helpful. But thanks for responding regardless. Maybe I'll just patch exim and add this myself... hmmm... -- Annvix - Secure Linux Server: http://annvix.org/ "lynx -source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" {FEE30AD4 : 7F6C A60C 06C2 4811 FA1C A2BC 2EBC 5E32 FEE3 0AD4} Wasting time like it was free...
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