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



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

SYNOPSIS
       doveadm [-Dv] log errors [-s min_timestamp]
       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 configured 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 errors
       doveadm log errors [-s min_timestamp]

       The log errors command is used to show the last  - up to 1,000 - errors and warnings.   If
       no output is generated, no errors have occurred since the last start.

       -s min_timestamp
              An  integer  value, representing seconds since the epoch - also known as Unix time‐
              stamp.  When a min_timestamp was given, doveadm(1) will only show  errors  occurred
              since that point in time.

   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 dovecot(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  settings.  These settings are configured in /etc/dove‐
       cot/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  (time‐
       stamp)" 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  <dovecot@dove‐
       cot.org>.   Information  about  reporting  bugs is available at: http://dovecot.org/bugre‐
       port.html

SEE ALSO
       doveadm(1)



Dovecot v2.2                                2013-11-24                             DOVEADM-LOG(1)