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+#! /bin/sh
+
+# This script can be interposed between a calling program and another
+# program, in order to log the arguments which are being used. This can
+# be helpful in finding out what is going on if some program is calling
+# Exim with arguments it doesn't understand.
+
+# Set this to the the path of the program that must ultimately be called.
+
+CALL=exim
+
+# Set this to the name of the file where the data is to be logged. The
+# script writes on the end of it. It must be accessible to the user who
+# runs the script.
+
+LOGFILE=/home/ph10/tmp/zz
+
+# The arguments are copied to the log file
+
+echo $@ >>$LOGFILE
+
+# The real program is now called
+
+exec $CALL $@
+
+# End