postlog (1)

Contents

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ENVIRONMENT
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
SEE ALSO
LICENSE
AUTHOR(S)

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

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