postlog - compatible logging utility
postlog [-iv] [-c config_dir] [-p priority] [-t tag] [text...]
POSTLOG(1) General Commands Manual POSTLOG(1)
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 inter-
face 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 con-
nected 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 pro-
gram.
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 con-
figuration 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, "post-
fix/smtpd".
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------------------+
|Availability | service/network/smtp/postfix |
+---------------+------------------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+------------------------------+
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
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from http://mirrors-usa.go-parts.com/post-
fix/source/official/postfix-2.11.3.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.postfix.org.
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