DOVEADM-LOG(1)                                               Dovecot                                              DOVEADM-LOG(1)



NAME
       doveadm-log - Locate, test or reopen Dovecot's log files

SYNOPSIS
       doveadm [-Dv] log find [directory]
       doveadm [-Dv] log reopen
       doveadm [-Dv] log test

DESCRIPTION
       The  doveadm log commands are used to locate and reopen the log files of dovecot(1).  It's also possible to test the con-
       figured targets of the *log_path settings.

OPTIONS
       Global doveadm(1) options:

       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.

       -v     Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

COMMANDS
   log find
       doveadm log find [directory]

       The log find command is used to show the location of the log files, to which dovecot(1) sends its log messages.  If dove-
       cot(1)  logs  its  messages through syslogd(8) and doveadm(1) could not find any log files, you can specify the directory
       where your syslogd writes its log files.

   log reopen
       doveadm log reopen

       This command causes doveadm to reopen all log files, configured in the log_path, info_log_path  and  debug_log_path  set-
       tings.  These settings are configured in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf.
       This is for example useful after manually rotating the log files.

   log test
       doveadm log test

       This  command  causes  doveadm  to  write  the message "This is Dovecot's priority log (timestamp)" to the configured log
       files.  The used priorities are: debug, info, warning, error and fatal.

EXAMPLE
       This example shows how to locate the log files used by dovecot(1).

       doveadm log find
       Looking for log files from /var/log
       Debug: /var/log/dovecot.debug
       Info: /var/log/mail.log
       Warning: /var/log/mail.log
       Error: /var/log/mail.log
       Fatal: /var/log/mail.log

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecotATdovecot.org>.  Information about  report-
       ing bugs is available at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO
       doveadm(1)



Dovecot v2.0                                               2010-06-13                                             DOVEADM-LOG(1)