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7POSTLOG(1)                                                          POSTLOG(1)
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9<b>NAME</b>
10       postlog - Postfix-compatible logging utility
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12<b>SYNOPSIS</b>
13       <b>postlog</b>  [<b>-iv</b>]  [<b>-c</b>  <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i>]  [<b>-p</b>  <i>priority</i><b>]  [-t</b> <i>tag</i>]
14       [<i>text...</i>]
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16<b>DESCRIPTION</b>
17       The <a href="postlog.1.html"><b>postlog</b>(1)</a>  command  implements  a  Postfix-compatible
18       logging  interface for use in, for example, shell scripts.
19
20       By default, <a href="postlog.1.html"><b>postlog</b>(1)</a> logs the <i>text</i> given on the  command
21       line as one record. If no <i>text</i> is specified on the command
22       line, <a href="postlog.1.html"><b>postlog</b>(1)</a> reads from standard input and  logs  each
23       input line as one record.
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25       Logging  is  sent  to  <b>syslogd</b>(8); when the standard error
26       stream is connected to a terminal, logging is  sent  there
27       as well.
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29       The following options are implemented:
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31       <b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i>
32              Read  the  <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a>  configuration file in the named
33              directory  instead  of  the  default  configuration
34              directory.
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36       <b>-i</b>     Include the process ID in the logging tag.
37
38       <b>-p</b> <i>priority</i>
39              Specifies  the  logging  severity:  <b>info</b> (default),
40              <b>warn</b>, <b>error</b>, <b>fatal</b>, or <b>panic</b>.
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42       <b>-t</b> <i>tag</i> Specifies the logging tag, that is, the identifying
43              name  that appears at the beginning of each logging
44              record. A default tag is used when none  is  speci-
45              fied.
46
47       <b>-v</b>     Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Mul-
48              tiple <b>-v</b> options  make  the  software  increasingly
49              verbose.
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51<b>ENVIRONMENT</b>
52       MAIL_CONFIG
53              Directory with the <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> file.
54
55<b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b>
56       The  following  <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> parameters are especially relevant
57       to this program.
58
59       The text below provides  only  a  parameter  summary.  See
60       <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for more details including examples.
61
62       <b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
63              The  default  location  of  the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and
64              <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> configuration files.
65
66       <b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_facility">syslog_facility</a> (mail)</b>
67              The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
68
69       <b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
70              The mail system  name  that  is  prepended  to  the
71              process  name  in  syslog  records, so that "smtpd"
72              becomes, for example, "postfix/smtpd".
73
74<b>SEE ALSO</b>
75       <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters
76       syslogd(8), syslog daemon
77
78<b>LICENSE</b>
79       The Secure Mailer license must be  distributed  with  this
80       software.
81
82<b>AUTHOR(S)</b>
83       Wietse Venema
84       IBM T.J. Watson Research
85       P.O. Box 704
86       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
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88                                                                    POSTLOG(1)
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