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POSTLOG(1) | General Commands Manual | POSTLOG(1) |
NAME¶
postlog - Postfix-compatible logging utilitySYNOPSIS¶
postlog [-iv] [-c config_dir] [ -p priority ] [-t tag] [text...]
DESCRIPTION¶
The postlog(1) command implements a Postfix-compatible logging interface for use in, for example, shell scripts.
- -c config_dir
- Read the main.cf configuration file in the named directory instead of the default configuration directory.
- -i
- Include the process ID in the logging tag.
- -p priority
- Specifies the logging severity: info (default), warn, error, fatal, or panic.
- -t tag
- Specifies the logging tag, that is, the identifying name that appears at the beginning of each logging record. A default tag is used when none is specified.
- -v
- Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple -v options make the software increasingly verbose.
ENVIRONMENT¶
- MAIL_CONFIG
- Directory with the main.cf file.
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS¶
The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to this program.
- config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
- The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf configuration files.
- syslog_facility (mail)
- The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
- syslog_name (see 'postconf -d' output)
- The mail system name that is prepended to the process name in syslog records, so that "smtpd" becomes, for example, "postfix/smtpd".
SEE ALSO¶
postconf(5), configuration parameters syslogd(8), syslog daemon
LICENSE¶
The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
AUTHOR(S)¶
Wietse Venema IBM T.J. Watson Research P.O. Box 704 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA