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6 doveadm-log - Locate, test or reopen Dovecot's log files
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9 doveadm [-Dv] log errors [-s min_timestamp]
10 doveadm [-Dv] log find [directory]
11 doveadm [-Dv] log reopen
12 doveadm [-Dv] log test
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15 The doveadm log commands are used to locate and reopen the log files of
16 dovecot(1). It's also possible to test the configured targets of the
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20 Global doveadm(1) options:
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22 -D Enables verbosity and debug messages.
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25 Overrides the configuration setting from /etc/dovecot/dove‐
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34 doveadm log errors [-s min_timestamp]
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36 The log errors command is used to show the last - up to 1,000 - errors
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41 An integer value, representing seconds since the epoch - also
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47 doveadm log find [directory]
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49 The log find command is used to show the location of the log files, to
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55 doveadm log reopen
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57 This command causes doveadm to reopen all log files, configured in the
58 log_path, info_log_path and debug_log_path settings. These settings
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63 doveadm log test
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65 This command causes doveadm to write the message "This is Dovecot's
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70 This example shows how to locate the log files used by dovecot(1).
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73 Looking for log files from /var/log
74 Debug: /var/log/dovecot.debug
75 Info: /var/log/mail.log
76 Warning: /var/log/mail.log
77 Error: /var/log/mail.log
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81 Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List
82 <dovecot@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is available
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