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NAME

6       postlog - Postfix-compatible logging utility
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SYNOPSIS

9       postlog [-iv] [-c config_dir] [-p priority] [-t tag] [text...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  postlog(1)  command implements a Postfix-compatible logging inter‐
13       face for use in, for example, shell scripts.
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15       By default, postlog(1) logs the text given on the command line  as  one
16       record.  If  no text is specified on the command line, postlog(1) reads
17       from standard input and logs each input line as one record.
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19       Logging is sent to syslogd(8); when the standard error stream  is  con‐
20       nected to a terminal, logging is sent there as well.
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22       The following options are implemented:
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24       -c config_dir
25              Read  the  main.cf  configuration  file  in  the named directory
26              instead of the default configuration directory.
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28       -i     Include the process ID in the logging tag.
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30       -p priority
31              Specifies the logging severity:  info  (default),  warn,  error,
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34       -t tag Specifies  the  logging  tag, that is, the identifying name that
35              appears at the beginning of each logging record. A  default  tag
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38       -v     Enable  verbose  logging  for  debugging  purposes.  Multiple -v
39              options make the software increasingly verbose.
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ENVIRONMENT

42       MAIL_CONFIG
43              Directory with the main.cf file.
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CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

46       The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to  this  pro‐
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49       The  text  below provides only a parameter summary. See postconf(5) for
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52       config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
53              The default location of the Postfix main.cf and  master.cf  con‐
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56       syslog_facility (mail)
57              The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
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59       syslog_name (see 'postconf -d' output)
60              The  mail  system  name that is prepended to the process name in
61              syslog records, so that "smtpd"  becomes,  for  example,  "post‐
62              fix/smtpd".
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SEE ALSO

65       postconf(5), configuration parameters
66       syslogd(8), syslog daemon
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LICENSE

69       The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
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AUTHOR(S)

72       Wietse Venema
73       IBM T.J. Watson Research
74       P.O. Box 704
75       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
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