POSTLOG(1)                                                          POSTLOG(1)

NAME
       postlog - Postfix-compatible logging utility

SYNOPSIS
       postlog [-iv] [-c config_dir]
               [-p priority] [-t tag] [text...]

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

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

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

       The following options are implemented:

       -c config_dir
              Read the main.cf configuration file  in  the  named
              directory  instead  of  the  default  configuration
              directory.

       -i     Include the process ID in the logging tag.

       -p priority
              Specifies the  logging  severity:  info  (default),
              warn, error, fatal, or panic.

       -t tag 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 speci-
              fied.

       -v     Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Mul-
              tiple  -v  options  make  the software increasingly
              verbose.

ENVIRONMENT
       MAIL_CONFIG
              Directory with the main.cf file.

CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
       The following main.cf parameters are  especially  relevant
       to this program.

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

       config_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)
              The default location of  the  Postfix  main.cf  and
              master.cf configuration files.

       syslog_facility (mail)
              The syslog facility of Postfix logging.

       syslog_name (postfix)
              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

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