1 1.1 tron <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 2 1.1.1.8 christos "https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 3 1.1 tron <html> <head> 4 1.1.1.6 christos <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> 5 1.1.1.7 christos <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='postfix-doc.css'> 6 1.1 tron <title> Postfix manual - postcat(1) </title> 7 1.1 tron </head> <body> <pre> 8 1.1 tron POSTCAT(1) POSTCAT(1) 9 1.1 tron 10 1.1.1.8 christos <b><a name="name">NAME</a></b> 11 1.1 tron postcat - show Postfix queue file contents 12 1.1 tron 13 1.1.1.8 christos <b><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></b> 14 1.1.1.8 christos <b>postcat</b> [<b>-bdefhnoqv</b>] [<b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i>] [<i>files</i>...] 15 1.1 tron 16 1.1.1.8 christos <b><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></b> 17 1.1.1.4 christos The <a href="postcat.1.html"><b>postcat</b>(1)</a> command prints the contents of the named <i>files</i> in 18 1.1.1.4 christos human-readable form. The files are expected to be in Postfix queue file 19 1.1.1.4 christos format. If no <i>files</i> are specified on the command line, the program 20 1.1.1.4 christos reads from standard input. 21 1.1.1.3 tron 22 1.1.1.3 tron By default, <a href="postcat.1.html"><b>postcat</b>(1)</a> shows the envelope and message content, as if 23 1.1.1.3 tron the options <b>-beh</b> were specified. To view message content only, specify 24 1.1.1.3 tron <b>-bh</b> (Postfix 2.7 and later). 25 1.1.1.2 tron 26 1.1 tron Options: 27 1.1 tron 28 1.1.1.3 tron <b>-b</b> Show body content. The <b>-b</b> option starts producing output at the 29 1.1.1.3 tron first non-header line, and stops when the end of the message is 30 1.1.1.3 tron reached. 31 1.1.1.2 tron 32 1.1.1.2 tron This feature is available in Postfix 2.7 and later. 33 1.1.1.2 tron 34 1.1 tron <b>-c</b> <i>config</i><b>_</b><i>dir</i> 35 1.1.1.3 tron The <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> configuration file is in the named directory instead 36 1.1.1.3 tron of the default configuration directory. 37 1.1 tron 38 1.1.1.2 tron <b>-d</b> Print the decimal type of each record. 39 1.1.1.2 tron 40 1.1.1.2 tron <b>-e</b> Show message envelope content. 41 1.1.1.2 tron 42 1.1.1.2 tron This feature is available in Postfix 2.7 and later. 43 1.1.1.2 tron 44 1.1.1.8 christos <b>-f</b> Prepend the file name to each output line. 45 1.1.1.8 christos 46 1.1.1.8 christos This feature is available in Postfix 3.10 and later. 47 1.1.1.8 christos 48 1.1.1.3 tron <b>-h</b> Show message header content. The <b>-h</b> option produces output from 49 1.1.1.3 tron the beginning of the message up to, but not including, the first 50 1.1.1.3 tron non-header line. 51 1.1.1.2 tron 52 1.1.1.2 tron This feature is available in Postfix 2.7 and later. 53 1.1.1.2 tron 54 1.1 tron <b>-o</b> Print the queue file offset of each record. 55 1.1 tron 56 1.1.1.3 tron <b>-q</b> Search the Postfix queue for the named <i>files</i> instead of taking 57 1.1.1.3 tron the names literally. 58 1.1 tron 59 1.1.1.2 tron This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later. 60 1.1 tron 61 1.1.1.6 christos <b>-r</b> Print records in file order, don't follow pointer records. 62 1.1.1.6 christos 63 1.1.1.6 christos This feature is available in Postfix 3.7 and later. 64 1.1.1.6 christos 65 1.1.1.6 christos <b>-s</b> <i>offset</i> 66 1.1.1.6 christos Skip to the specified queue file offset. 67 1.1.1.6 christos 68 1.1.1.6 christos This feature is available in Postfix 3.7 and later. 69 1.1.1.6 christos 70 1.1.1.3 tron <b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple <b>-v</b> 71 1.1.1.3 tron options make the software increasingly verbose. 72 1.1 tron 73 1.1.1.8 christos <b><a name="diagnostics">DIAGNOSTICS</a></b> 74 1.1 tron Problems are reported to the standard error stream. 75 1.1 tron 76 1.1.1.8 christos <b><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></b> 77 1.1 tron <b>MAIL_CONFIG</b> 78 1.1 tron Directory with Postfix configuration files. 79 1.1 tron 80 1.1.1.8 christos <b><a name="configuration_parameters">CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</a></b> 81 1.1.1.3 tron The following <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> parameters are especially relevant to this pro- 82 1.1.1.3 tron gram. 83 1.1 tron 84 1.1.1.3 tron The text below provides only a parameter summary. See <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>postconf</b>(5)</a> for 85 1.1.1.3 tron more details including examples. 86 1.1 tron 87 1.1 tron <b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> 88 1.1.1.3 tron The default location of the Postfix <a href="postconf.5.html">main.cf</a> and <a href="master.5.html">master.cf</a> con- 89 1.1.1.3 tron figuration files. 90 1.1 tron 91 1.1.1.5 christos <b><a href="postconf.5.html#import_environment">import_environment</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> 92 1.1.1.8 christos The list of environment variables that a privileged Postfix 93 1.1.1.5 christos process will import from a non-Postfix parent process, or 94 1.1.1.5 christos name=value environment overrides. 95 1.1.1.5 christos 96 1.1 tron <b><a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> 97 1.1.1.3 tron The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory. 98 1.1 tron 99 1.1.1.8 christos <b><a name="files">FILES</a></b> 100 1.1 tron /var/spool/postfix, Postfix queue directory 101 1.1 tron 102 1.1.1.8 christos <b><a name="see_also">SEE ALSO</a></b> 103 1.1 tron <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, Postfix configuration 104 1.1 tron 105 1.1.1.8 christos <b><a name="license">LICENSE</a></b> 106 1.1.1.3 tron The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. 107 1.1 tron 108 1.1 tron <b>AUTHOR(S)</b> 109 1.1 tron Wietse Venema 110 1.1 tron IBM T.J. Watson Research 111 1.1 tron P.O. Box 704 112 1.1 tron Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA 113 1.1 tron 114 1.1.1.4 christos Wietse Venema 115 1.1.1.4 christos Google, Inc. 116 1.1.1.4 christos 111 8th Avenue 117 1.1.1.4 christos New York, NY 10011, USA 118 1.1.1.4 christos 119 1.1 tron POSTCAT(1) 120 1.1 tron </pre> </body> </html> 121
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