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postlog - Postfix-compatible logging utility
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<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>]
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<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>] [<i>text...</i>]
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The <a href="postlog.1.html"><b>postlog</b>(1)</a> command implements a Postfix-compatible
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logging interface for use in, for example, shell scripts.
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By default, <a href="postlog.1.html"><b>postlog</b>(1)</a> logs the <i>text</i> given on the command
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line as one record. If no <i>text</i> is specified on the command
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line, <a href="postlog.1.html"><b>postlog</b>(1)</a> reads from standard input and logs each
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input line as one record.
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Logging is sent to <b>syslogd</b>(8); when the standard error
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stream is connected to a terminal, logging is sent there
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The <a href="postlog.1.html"><b>postlog</b>(1)</a> command implements a Postfix-compatible logging inter-
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face for use in, for example, shell scripts.
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By default, <a href="postlog.1.html"><b>postlog</b>(1)</a> logs the <i>text</i> given on the command line as one
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record. If no <i>text</i> is specified on the command line, <a href="postlog.1.html"><b>postlog</b>(1)</a> reads
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from standard input and logs each input line as one record.
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Logging is sent to <b>syslogd</b>(8); when the standard error stream is con-
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nected to a terminal, logging is sent there as well.
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The following options are implemented:
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<b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i>
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Read the <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> configuration file in the named
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directory instead of the default configuration
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Read the <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> configuration file in the named directory
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instead of the default configuration directory.
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<b>-i</b> Include the process ID in the logging tag.
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<b>-p</b> <i>priority</i>
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Specifies the logging severity: <b>info</b> (default),
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<b>warn</b>, <b>error</b>, <b>fatal</b>, or <b>panic</b>.
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<b>-t</b> <i>tag</i> Specifies the logging tag, that is, the identifying
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name that appears at the beginning of each logging
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record. A default tag is used when none is speci-
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<b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Mul-
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tiple <b>-v</b> options make the software increasingly
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Specifies the logging severity: <b>info</b> (default), <b>warn</b>, <b>error</b>,
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<b>fatal</b>, or <b>panic</b>.
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<b>-t</b> <i>tag</i> Specifies the logging tag, that is, the identifying name that
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appears at the beginning of each logging record. A default tag
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is used when none is specified.
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<b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple <b>-v</b>
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options make the software increasingly verbose.
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Directory with the <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> file.
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<b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b>
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The following <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> parameters are especially relevant
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The following <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> parameters are especially relevant to this pro-
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The text below provides only a parameter summary. See
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<a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for more details including examples.
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The text below provides only a parameter summary. See <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for
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more details including examples.
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
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The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and
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<a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> configuration files.
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The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> con-
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_facility">syslog_facility</a> (mail)</b>
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The syslog facility of Postfix logging.
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<b><a href="postconf.5.html#syslog_name">syslog_name</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b>
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The mail system name that is prepended to the
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process name in syslog records, so that "smtpd"
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becomes, for example, "postfix/smtpd".
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The mail system name that is prepended to the process name in
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syslog records, so that "smtpd" becomes, for example, "post-
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<a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, configuration parameters
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syslogd(8), syslog daemon
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The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this
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The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
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