If it's deleted by the sync_client what process should create it then, and under what conditions? On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Dan White <dwhite@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 19/07/11 18:39 +0300, Ivan Lezhnjov Jr. wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> can someone please explain quickly how to set up cyrus-imap to use >> sync_shutdown_file. What is this file? How does one create it? What is >> it expected to contain? How to use it? > > Documentation is slim, and seems to be confined to the man pages for > imapd.conf and sync_client. > > During rolling replication, at a point at which it would be safe to exit, > sync_client will check for the existence of the specified > sync_shutdown_file (or -F shutdown-file). If it exists, sync_client will > remove the file and exit. > > The file does not need to contain any contents, and could simply be created > with 'touch <sync_shutdown_file>'. > > There is no default location for the file, and one would need to be > specified in imapd.conf before executing rolling replication, or as a > command line option (-F) to sync_client for it to be searched for. > > It should have proper permissions to allow sync_client to remove it on > exit, or it might fail to start again until it's manually removed. > > The manpage for imapd.conf says: > > ... Prefix with a channel name to only apply for that channel > > But it's not clear to me what that means. > > -- > Dan White > ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/
