Command-line options

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index ba32403d6f85864b1de191f45376bd1db6f603c0..2018af992b694535a37c1fe9af6e0e8320f8b6b4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -3825,6 +3825,12 @@ This option is not intended for use by external callers. It is used internally
 by Exim in conjunction with the &%-MC%& option. It signifies that the
 remote host supports the ESMTP &_DSN_& extension.
 
+.vitem &%-MCG%&
+.oindex "&%-MCG%&"
+This option is not intended for use by external callers. It is used internally
+by Exim in conjunction with the &%-MC%& option. It signifies that an
+alternate queue is used, named by the following option.
+
 .vitem &%-MCP%&
 .oindex "&%-MCP%&"
 This option is not intended for use by external callers. It is used internally
@@ -4456,8 +4462,17 @@ The &'l'& (the letter &"ell"&) flag specifies that only local deliveries are to
 be done. If a message requires any remote deliveries, it remains on the queue
 for later delivery.
 
-.vitem &%-q%&<&'qflags'&>&~<&'start&~id'&>&~<&'end&~id'&>
+.vitem &%-q[q][i][f[f]][l][G<name>]%&
+.oindex "&%-qG%&"
+.cindex queue named
+.cindex "named queues"
 .cindex "queue" "delivering specific messages"
+If the &'G'& flag and a name is present, the queue runner operates on the
+queue with the given name rather than the default queue.
+Because the name is the remainder of the option string, any
+periodic-run interval must be given as a separate &%-q%& option.
+
+.vitem &%-q%&<&'qflags'&>&~<&'start&~id'&>&~<&'end&~id'&>
 When scanning the queue, Exim can be made to skip over messages whose ids are
 lexically less than a given value by following the &%-q%& option with a
 starting message id. For example:

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index 07e6f1dba0e15ae6501255db5089569381824102..1207c4974e8bd9d4e191a343e123318f1bdbb51e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Version 4.88
  1. The new perl_tainmode option allows to run the embedded perl
     interpreter in taint mode.
 
+ 2. Facility for named queues.  A commandline argument can specify
+    the queue name for a queue-runner.
+
 
 Version 4.87
 ------------

diff --git a/src/src/exim.c b/src/src/exim.c
index 4ea42fdc249938c20b745b2f85bfcc45f1f5b769..6432a4c2f4c02f3756c84384651e4682833e5b2c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/exim.c
+++ b/src/src/exim.c
@@ -2716,12 +2716,22 @@ for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
 
     /* -MCD: set the smtp_use_dsn flag; this indicates that the host
        that exim is connected to supports the esmtp extension DSN */
+
     else if (Ustrcmp(argrest, "CD") == 0)
       {
       smtp_use_dsn = TRUE;
       break;
       }
 
+    /* -MCG: set the queue name, to a non-default value
+
+    else if (Ustrcmp(argrest, "CG") == 0)
+      {
+      if (++i < argc) queue_name = string_copy(argv[i]);
+      else badarg = TRUE;
+      break;
+      }
+
     /* -MCP: set the smtp_use_pipelining flag; this is useful only when
     it preceded -MC (see above) */
 
@@ -2737,9 +2747,9 @@ for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
 
     else if (Ustrcmp(argrest, "CQ") == 0)
       {
-      if(++i < argc) passed_qr_pid = (pid_t)(Uatol(argv[i]));
+      if (++i < argc) passed_qr_pid = (pid_t)(Uatol(argv[i]));
         else badarg = TRUE;
-      if(++i < argc) passed_qr_pipe = (int)(Uatol(argv[i]));
+      if (++i < argc) passed_qr_pipe = (int)(Uatol(argv[i]));
         else badarg = TRUE;
       break;
       }
@@ -3229,8 +3239,16 @@ for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
       argrest++;
       }
 
-    /* -q[f][f][l]: Run the queue, optionally forced, optionally local only,
-    optionally starting from a given message id. */
+    /* -q[f][f][l][G<name>]... Run the named queue */
+
+    if (*argrest == 'G')
+      {
+      queue_name = string_copy(argrest);
+      do ++argrest; while (*argrest);
+      }
+
+    /* -q[f][f][l][G<name>]: Run the queue, optionally forced, optionally local
+    only, optionally named, optionally starting from a given message id. */
 
     if (*argrest == 0 &&
         (i + 1 >= argc || argv[i+1][0] == '-' || mac_ismsgid(argv[i+1])))