RUNQ(8)

💌 RUNQ(8) — runq, the sendmail queue runner bestie 💌

okay so bestie, welcome to runq(8), from the System Manager's Manual. yes you read that right, section 8, we're in the big-kid sysadmin section now. sit down, sip your lil drink, this one's short and sweet and honestly kinda iconic 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

runq — run the sendmail queue 🏃♀️💨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

runq
runq sendmail options
runq { --help, --version }

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the way that runq works is: it's a wrapper around sendmail 🦋 and what it does is it tells sendmail to run the mail queue, like, in the background. that's the whole vibe. that's the whole job. no cap. it's giving tiny script with main character energy 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

okay here's the cute part. when runq is called with exactly one argument, these options are handled internally, like by runq itself, no sendmail involved:

• --help — prints a usage message on standard output and then exits successfully ✨ (slay, it worked)
• --version — prints version information on standard output and then exits successfully 🌈 (also slay)

and in any other case? the options are simply passed on to sendmail -q. literally just handed over. no notes. that's it 🫶

fr fr, remember: the internal handling only kicks in when there's exactly one argument. otherwise it's sendmail -q's problem now 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• sendmail(8)

and that's the page!! no author credits, no license drama, nothing to gatekeep here 🙈

cute lil sign-off: this gem comes from the Debian Distribution, dated 2000 August 29, and it lives in RUNQ(8) 💜

mwah, go run your queue bestie 💋✨