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