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
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
Specifies the logging severity: info (default), warn,
error, fatal, or panic.
"-t
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
The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf
configuration files.
"syslog_facility
The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
"syslog_name
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