Selecting the sendmail-compatible mailq option | LPIC-1 102-500 Exam original practice question

108.3Standard

Use a sendmail-compatible binary to print the mail queue.

Which command is equivalent to mailq?

Hint 1: Focus on the requirement

Identify what must change and what must remain unchanged. Then choose the command whose scope matches that requirement.

Hint 2: Check each command's role

Separate commands that display information, change state, remove data, or affect a child process.

Detailed explanation

Incorrectsendmail -bi

Incorrect. -bi rebuilds the aliases database.

Correctsendmail -bp

Correct. -bp prints the mail queue.

Incorrectsendmail -bt

Incorrect. -bt enters address-test mode.

Incorrectsendmail -bd

Incorrect. -bd runs daemon mode.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

printf '%s\n' 'mailq == sendmail -bp'

mailq == sendmail -bp

Foundation review

Check whether the command acts on the current shell, a new process, an existing process, or a file.

Use the supplied command and compare the output with the expected result.

Question IDKP-108-762

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