NAME

postlog - Postfix-compatible logging utility

SYNOPSIS



ppoossttlloogg [--iivv] [--cc _c_o_n_f_i_g___d_i_r]
[--pp _p_r_i_o_r_i_t_y]] [[--tt _t_a_g] [_t_e_x_t_._._.]

DESCRIPTION

The ppoossttlloogg(1) command implements a Postfix-compatible logging interface for use in, for example, shell scripts.

By default, ppoossttlloogg(1) logs the _t_e_x_t given on the command line as one record. If no _t_e_x_t is specified on the command line, ppoossttlloogg(1) reads from standard input and logs each input line as one record.

Logging is sent to ssyyssllooggdd(8); when the standard error stream is connected to a terminal, logging is sent there as well.

The following options are implemented:

--cc _c_o_n_f_i_g___d_i_r Read the mmaaiinn..ccff configuration file in the named directory
instead of the default configuration directory.
--ii Include the process ID in the logging tag.
--pp _p_r_i_o_r_i_t_y Specifies the logging severity: iinnffoo (default), wwaarrnn,
eerrrroorr, ffaattaall, or ppaanniicc.
--tt _t_a_g 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.
--vv Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple --vv
options make the software increasingly verbose.

ENVIRONMENT



MAIL_CONFIG Directory with the mmaaiinn..ccff file.

CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS



The following mmaaiinn..ccff parameters are especially relevant to
this program.
        

The text below provides only a parameter summary. See ppoossttccoonnff(5) for more details including examples.

ccoonnffiigg__ddiirreeccttoorryy ((sseeee ''ppoossttccoonnff --dd'' oouuttppuutt)) The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf
configuration files.
ssyysslloogg__ffaacciilliittyy ((mmaaiill)) The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
ssyysslloogg__nnaammee ((sseeee ''ppoossttccoonnff --dd'' oouuttppuutt)) 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