POSTLOG 1
NAME
postlog
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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"
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. 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