NAME
postlog - Postfix-compatible logging utility
SYNOPSIS
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.
By default,
postlog(1) logs the
text given on the command line as
one record. If no
text is specified on the command line,
postlog(1) reads from standard input and logs each input line as one
record.
Logging is sent to
syslogd(8); when the standard error stream is
connected to a terminal, logging is sent there as well.
The following options are implemented:
- -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 (default: info)
- Specifies the logging severity: info, warn,
error, fatal, or panic. With Postfix 3.1 and later,
the program will pause for 1 second after reporting a fatal or
panic condition, just like other Postfix programs.
- -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.
The text below provides only a parameter summary. See
postconf(5) for
more details including examples.
- 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
Wietse Venema
Google, Inc.
111 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10011, USA