.TH POSTLOG 1 .ad .fi .SH NAME postlog \- Postfix-compatible logging utility .SH SYNOPSIS .na .nf .fi \fBpostlog\fR [\fB-iv\fR] [\fB-c \fIconfig_dir\fR] [\fB-p \fIpriority\fB] [\fB-t \fItag\fR] [\fItext...\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION .ad .fi The \fBpostlog\fR command implements a Postfix-compatible logging interface for use in, for example, shell scripts. By default, \fBpostlog\fR logs the \fItext\fR given on the command line as one record. If no \fItext\fR is specified on the command line, \fBpostlog\fR reads from standard input and logs each input line as one record. Logging is sent to \fBsyslogd\fR(8); when the standard error stream is connected to a terminal, logging is sent there as well. The following options are implemented: .IP "\fB-c \fIconfig_dir\fR" Read the \fBmain.cf\fR configuration file in the named directory instead of the default configuration directory. .IP \fB-i\fR Include the process ID in the logging tag. .IP "\fB-p \fIpriority\fR" Specifies the logging severity: \fBinfo\fR (default), \fBwarn\fR, \fBerror\fR, \fBfatal\fR, or \fBpanic\fR. .IP "\fB-t \fItag\fR" Specifies the logging tag, that is, the identifying name that appears at the beginning of each logging record. .IP \fB-v\fR Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple \fB-v\fR options make the software increasingly verbose. .SH SEE ALSO .na .nf syslogd(8) syslog daemon. .SH LICENSE .na .nf .ad .fi The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. .SH AUTHOR(S) .na .nf Wietse Venema IBM T.J. Watson Research P.O. Box 704 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA