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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 1.1.1.7 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 tron <b>NAME</b> 11 1.1 tron postcat - show Postfix queue file contents 12 1.1 tron 13 1.1 tron <b>SYNOPSIS</b> 14 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>...] 15 1.1 tron 16 1.1 tron <b>DESCRIPTION</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 1.1.1.3 tron <b>-h</b> Show message header content. The <b>-h</b> option produces output from 45 1.1.1.3 tron the beginning of the message up to, but not including, the first 46 1.1.1.3 tron non-header line. 47 1.1.1.2 tron 48 1.1.1.2 tron This feature is available in Postfix 2.7 and later. 49 1.1.1.2 tron 50 1.1 tron <b>-o</b> Print the queue file offset of each record. 51 1.1 tron 52 1.1.1.3 tron <b>-q</b> Search the Postfix queue for the named <i>files</i> instead of taking 53 1.1.1.3 tron the names literally. 54 1.1 tron 55 1.1.1.2 tron This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later. 56 1.1 tron 57 1.1.1.6 christos <b>-r</b> Print records in file order, don't follow pointer records. 58 1.1.1.6 christos 59 1.1.1.6 christos This feature is available in Postfix 3.7 and later. 60 1.1.1.6 christos 61 1.1.1.6 christos <b>-s</b> <i>offset</i> 62 1.1.1.6 christos Skip to the specified queue file offset. 63 1.1.1.6 christos 64 1.1.1.6 christos This feature is available in Postfix 3.7 and later. 65 1.1.1.6 christos 66 1.1.1.3 tron <b>-v</b> Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple <b>-v</b> 67 1.1.1.3 tron options make the software increasingly verbose. 68 1.1 tron 69 1.1 tron <b>DIAGNOSTICS</b> 70 1.1 tron Problems are reported to the standard error stream. 71 1.1 tron 72 1.1 tron <b>ENVIRONMENT</b> 73 1.1 tron <b>MAIL_CONFIG</b> 74 1.1 tron Directory with Postfix configuration files. 75 1.1 tron 76 1.1 tron <b>CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS</b> 77 1.1.1.3 tron The following <a href="postconf.5.html"><b>main.cf</b></a> parameters are especially relevant to this pro- 78 1.1.1.3 tron gram. 79 1.1 tron 80 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 81 1.1.1.3 tron more details including examples. 82 1.1 tron 83 1.1 tron <b><a href="postconf.5.html#config_directory">config_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> 84 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- 85 1.1.1.3 tron figuration files. 86 1.1 tron 87 1.1.1.5 christos <b><a href="postconf.5.html#import_environment">import_environment</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> 88 1.1.1.5 christos The list of environment parameters that a privileged Postfix 89 1.1.1.5 christos process will import from a non-Postfix parent process, or 90 1.1.1.5 christos name=value environment overrides. 91 1.1.1.5 christos 92 1.1 tron <b><a href="postconf.5.html#queue_directory">queue_directory</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> 93 1.1.1.3 tron The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory. 94 1.1 tron 95 1.1 tron <b>FILES</b> 96 1.1 tron /var/spool/postfix, Postfix queue directory 97 1.1 tron 98 1.1 tron <b>SEE ALSO</b> 99 1.1 tron <a href="postconf.5.html">postconf(5)</a>, Postfix configuration 100 1.1 tron 101 1.1 tron <b>LICENSE</b> 102 1.1.1.3 tron The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. 103 1.1 tron 104 1.1 tron <b>AUTHOR(S)</b> 105 1.1 tron Wietse Venema 106 1.1 tron IBM T.J. Watson Research 107 1.1 tron P.O. Box 704 108 1.1 tron Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA 109 1.1 tron 110 1.1.1.4 christos Wietse Venema 111 1.1.1.4 christos Google, Inc. 112 1.1.1.4 christos 111 8th Avenue 113 1.1.1.4 christos New York, NY 10011, USA 114 1.1.1.4 christos 115 1.1 tron POSTCAT(1) 116 1.1 tron </pre> </body> </html> 117
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