doveadm-log(1)

1DOVEADM-LOG(1)                      Dovecot                     DOVEADM-LOG(1)
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NAME

6       doveadm-log - Locate, test or reopen Dovecot's log files
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SYNOPSIS

9       doveadm [-Dv] log find [directory]
10       doveadm [-Dv] log reopen
11       doveadm [-Dv] log test
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DESCRIPTION

14       The doveadm log commands are used to locate and reopen the log files of
15       dovecot(1).  It's also possible to test the configured targets  of  the
16       *log_path settings.
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OPTIONS

19       Global doveadm(1) options:
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21       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.
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23       -v     Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
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COMMANDS

26   log find
27       doveadm log find [directory]
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29       The  log find command is used to show the location of the log files, to
30       which dovecot(1) sends its log messages.  If dovecot(1) logs  its  mes‐
31       sages  through  syslogd(8) and doveadm(1) could not find any log files,
32       you can specify the directory where your syslogd writes its log files.
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34   log reopen
35       doveadm log reopen
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37       This command causes doveadm to reopen all log files, configured in  the
38       log_path,  info_log_path  and  debug_log_path settings.  These settings
39       are configured in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf.
40       This is for example useful after manually rotating the log files.
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42   log test
43       doveadm log test
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45       This command causes doveadm to write the  message  "This  is  Dovecot's
46       priority log (timestamp)" to the configured log files.  The used prior‐
47       ities are: debug, info, warning, error and fatal.
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EXAMPLE

50       This example shows how to locate the log files used by dovecot(1).
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52       doveadm log find
53       Looking for log files from /var/log
54       Debug: /var/log/dovecot.debug
55       Info: /var/log/mail.log
56       Warning: /var/log/mail.log
57       Error: /var/log/mail.log
58       Fatal: /var/log/mail.log
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REPORTING BUGS

61       Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing  List
62       <dovecot@dovecot.org>.   Information  about reporting bugs is available
63       at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
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