.IP \fB\-\-log-file\fR
If you specify a file here, logs will be written to it (possibly in
addition to syslog). Can be either a relative or absolute path. It
-will not be auto-rotated; use something log logrotate for that.
+will not be auto-rotated; use something like logrotate for that.
Default: none
.IP \fB\-\-log-level\fR
-How verbose should the logs be? We log notifications at three levels:
-INFO, WARN, and ERROR. Specify the \(dqmost boring\(dq level of
+How verbose should the logs be? We log notifications at four levels:
+DEBUG, INFO, WARN, and ERROR. Specify the \(dqmost boring\(dq level of
notifications you would like to receive (in all-caps); more
-interesting notifications will be logged as well.
+interesting notifications will be logged as well. The debug output is
+extremely verbose and will not be written to syslog even if you try.
Default: INFO
.IP \fB\-\-pidfile\fR
(Daemon mode only) Create a PID file in the given location. This is
used by the init system on Unix to keep track of the running daemon.
-Its parent directory must be writable by the user/group that we will
-run as!
+
+If necessary, its parent directory will be created with owner/group
+set to the appropriate user/group, but at most one directory will be
+created (that is, we won't create an entire directory tree).
Default: /run/htsn/htsn.pid
\(dq.htsnrc\(dq in the user's home directory. The latter will override
the former.
.P
-The user's home directory is simply $HOME on Unix; on Windows its
+The user's home directory is simply $HOME on Unix; on Windows it's
wherever %APPDATA% points. The system configuration directory is
determined by Cabal; the \(dqsysconfdir\(dq parameter during the
\(dqconfigure\(dq step is used.
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