1DQTOOL(1)                 The dqtool tool manual page                DQTOOL(1)
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NAME

6       dqtool - Display the contents of a disk-buffer file created with
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SYNOPSIS

9       dqtool [command] [options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       NOTE: The dqtool application is distributed with the system logging
13       application, and is usually part of the syslog-ng package. The latest
14       version of the syslog-ng application is available at the official
15       syslog-ng website[1].
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17       This manual page is only an abstract, for the complete documentation of
18       syslog-ng, see The Administrator Guide[2].
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20       The dqtool application is a utility that can be used to display and
21       format the messages stored in a disk-buffer file.
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THE CAT COMMAND

24       cat [options] [file]
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26       Use the cat command to display the log messages stored in the
27       disk-buffer (also called disk-queue) file, and also information from
28       the header of the disk queue file. The messages are printed to the
29       standard output (stdout), so it is possible to use grep and other tools
30       to find particular log messages, e.g., dqtool cat /var/log/messages.lgs
31       |grep 192.168.1.1.
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33       The cat command has the following options:
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35       --debug or -d
36           Print diagnostic and debugging messages to stderr.
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38       --help or -h
39           Display a brief help message.
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41       --template=<template> or -t
42           Format the messages using the specified template.
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44       --verbose or -v
45           Print verbose messages to stderr.
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47       --version or -V
48           Display version information.
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50       Example:
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52           ./dqtool cat ../var/syslog-ng-00000.qf
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54       The output looks like:
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56           Disk-buffer state loaded; filename='../var/syslog-ng-00000.qf', qout_length='65', qbacklog_length='0', qoverflow_length='9205', qdisk_length='0'
57           Mar  3 10:52:05 tristram localprg[1234]: seq: 0000011630, runid: 1267609923, stamp: 2010-03-03T10:52:05 PADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADD
58           Mar  3 10:52:05 tristram localprg[1234]: seq: 0000011631, runid: 1267609923, stamp: 2010-03-03T10:52:05 PADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADDPADD
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FILES

61       /usr/local/bin/dqtool
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SEE ALSO

64       syslog-ng.conf(5)
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66       syslog-ng(8)
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68           Note
69           For the detailed documentation of see The 3.20 Administrator
70           Guide[3]
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72           If you experience any problems or need help with syslog-ng, visit
73           the syslog-ng mailing list[4].
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75           For news and notifications about of syslog-ng, visit the syslog-ng
76           blogs[5].
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AUTHOR

79       This manual page was written by the Balabit Documentation Team
80       <documentation@balabit.com>.
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NOTES

84        1. official syslog-ng website
85           https://www.balabit.com/log-management
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87        2. The Administrator Guide
88           https://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/
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90        3. The  3.20 Administrator Guide
91           https://www.balabit.com/documents/syslog-ng-ose-latest-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-guide-admin/html/index.html
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93        4. syslog-ng mailing list
94           https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng
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96        5. syslog-ng blogs
97           https://syslog-ng.org/blogs/
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