1<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 2 "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 3<html> <head> 4<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> 5<title> Postfix manual - postkick(1) </title> 6</head> <body> <pre> 7POSTKICK(1) POSTKICK(1) 8 9<b>NAME</b> 10 postkick - kick a Postfix service 11 12<b>SYNOPSIS</b> 13 <b>postkick</b> [<b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i>] [<b>-v</b>] <i>class service request</i> 14 15<b>DESCRIPTION</b> 16 The <a href="postkick.1.html"><b>postkick</b>(1)</a> command sends <i>request</i> to the specified 17 <i>service</i> over a local transport channel. This command 18 makes Postfix private IPC accessible for use in, for exam- 19 ple, shell scripts. 20 21 Options: 22 23 <b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i> 24 Read the <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> configuration file in the named 25 directory instead of the default configuration 26 directory. 27 28 <b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Mul- 29 tiple <b>-v</b> options make the software increasingly 30 verbose. 31 32 Arguments: 33 34 <i>class</i> Name of a class of local transport channel end- 35 points, either <b>public</b> (accessible by any local 36 user) or <b>private</b> (administrative access only). 37 38 <i>service</i> 39 The name of a local transport endpoint within the 40 named class. 41 42 <i>request</i> 43 A string. The list of valid requests is service- 44 specific. 45 46<b>DIAGNOSTICS</b> 47 Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error 48 stream. 49 50<b>ENVIRONMENT</b> 51 <b>MAIL_CONFIG</b> 52 Directory with Postfix configuration files. 53 54 <b>MAIL_VERBOSE</b> 55 Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. 56 57<b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b> 58 The following <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> parameters are especially relevant 59 to this program. The text below provides only a parameter 60 summary. See <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for more details including exam- 61 ples. 62 63 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> 64 The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and 65 <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> configuration files. 66 67 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#application_event_drain_time">application_event_drain_time</a> (100s)</b> 68 How long the <a href="postkick.1.html"><b>postkick</b>(1)</a> command waits for a 69 request to enter the server's input buffer before 70 giving up. 71 72 <b><a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> 73 The location of the Postfix top-level queue direc- 74 tory. 75 76<b>FILES</b> 77 /var/spool/postfix/private, private class endpoints 78 /var/spool/postfix/public, public class endpoints 79 80<b>SEE ALSO</b> 81 <a href="qmgr.8.html">qmgr(8)</a>, queue manager trigger protocol 82 <a href="pickup.8.html">pickup(8)</a>, local pickup daemon 83 <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters 84 85<b>LICENSE</b> 86 The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this 87 software. 88 89<b>AUTHOR(S)</b> 90 Wietse Venema 91 IBM T.J. Watson Research 92 P.O. Box 704 93 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA 94 95 POSTKICK(1) 96</pre> </body> </html> 97