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   7 POSTLOG(1)                                                          POSTLOG(1)
   8
   9 <b>NAME</b>
  10        postlog - Postfix-compatible logging utility
  11
  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>]
  15
  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.
  24
  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.
  28
  29        The following options are implemented:
  30
  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.
  35
  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>.
  41
  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.
  50
  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
  87
  88                                                                     POSTLOG(1)
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