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author | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-06-23 15:44:40 +0000 |
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committer | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-06-23 15:44:40 +0000 |
commit | 5924813a9fe9b7766494b9b8baab4cb1e8e0c667 (patch) | |
tree | 2a0e47ba513bba68b7d3333652e42b2fe2dc4f2b /usr.bin | |
parent | d1bfd3d82b8b42ff695b7d35a79e28c0050e0a5b (diff) | |
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Add a messy example of how to get debug-mode error messages written to
a file in the user's home directory.
Requested by: hoek
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/vacation/vacation.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/vacation/vacation.1 b/usr.bin/vacation/vacation.1 index f6a6760..e90eef6 100644 --- a/usr.bin/vacation/vacation.1 +++ b/usr.bin/vacation/vacation.1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" From: @(#)vacation.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/16/93 -.\" $Id: vacation.1,v 1.6 1997/02/22 19:57:38 peter Exp $ +.\" $Id: vacation.1,v 1.7 1999/06/17 14:44:41 sheldonh Exp $ .\" .Dd June 16, 1993 .Dt VACATION 1 @@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ are logged in the system log file, using unless debugging mode is enabled with the .Fl d option, in which case they are written to the standard error output. +.Pp +Building on the example provided above, you might choose to have errors +redirected to a file while you are testing vacation's operation with +the following in your +.Pa .forward +file: +.Pp +.Bd -literal -offset indent +\eeric, "|/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/vacation -d -a allman eric' 2>/home/eric/.vacation.log" +.Ed .Sh DIAGNOSTICS The .Nm |