GNU/Linux |
Debian 7.5.0(Wheezy) |
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update-exim4.conf.template(8) |
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update−exim4.conf.template − Regenerate exim4 configuration file template.
update−exim4.conf.template [−h|−−help] [−n|−−nobackup] [−o|−−output file] [−r|−−run]
−h|−−help
Show short help message and exit
−n|−−nobackup
Overwrite existing file, instead of keeping it as /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template.bak.random-number
−o|−−output file
Write output to file instead of /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template.
−r|−−run
Actually do something. If this option is not specified update−exim4.conf.template will exit immediately. This option was introduced because update−exim4.conf.template overwrites configuration files.
The script update−exim4.conf.template regenerates the main configuration file template /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template from the configuration snippets in the /etc/exim4/conf.d directory tree.
This process will overwrite all local changes in /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template and might be useful if there are local changes in the /etc/exim4/conf.d directory tree, for example by a new mail related package dropping its own configuration snippets in there.
update−exim4.conf.template ignores all files in the conf.d directory that have a filename which does not consist only of letters, numbers, underscores and hyphens ([:alnum:]_−), similar to run−parts(8). For easy interaction with packages extending Exim additionally /etc/exim4/conf.d/foo/bar.rul is used instead of /etc/exim4/conf.d/foo/bar if it exists!
If CONFDIR is set update−exim4.conf.template will search for the input files below $CONFDIR/conf.d instead of /etc/exim4/conf.d/ and will write the output to $CONFDIR/exim4.conf.template instead of to /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template (unless overridden with −o or −−output).
This manual page needs a major re-work. If somebody knows better groff than us and has more experience in writing manual pages, any patches would be greatly appreciated.
exim4(8), /usr/share/doc/exim4−base/ and for general notes and details about interaction with debconf /usr/share/doc/exim4−base/README.Debian.gz
Marc Haber <mh+debian−packages@zugschlus.de>
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