rev 354 - offlineimap/head

Author: jgoerzen
Date: 2003-01-29 14:36:13 -0600 (Wed, 29 Jan 2003)
New Revision: 354

Modified:
   offlineimap/head/offlineimap.sgml
Log:
Clarified multiple invocations


Modified: offlineimap/head/offlineimap.sgml
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--- offlineimap/head/offlineimap.sgml	(original)
+++ offlineimap/head/offlineimap.sgml	Wed Jan 29 14:36:15 2003
@@ -898,6 +898,18 @@
       </refsect2>
 
       <refsect2>
+	<title>Multiple Instances</title>
+	<para>&OfflineIMAP; is not designed to have several instances (for instance, a cron job and an interactive invocation) run over the same
+	  mailbox simultaneously.  It will perform a check on startup and
+	  abort if another &OfflineIMAP; is already running.  If you need
+	  to schedule synchronizations, please use the
+	  <property>autorefresh</property> settings rather than cron.
+	  Alternatively, you can set a separate <property>metadata</property>
+	  directory for each instance.
+	</para>
+      </refsect2>
+
+      <refsect2>
 	<title>Copying Messages Between Folders</title>
 	<para>
 	  Normally, when you copy a message between folders or add a new message