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diff --git a/man/man1/postkick.1 b/man/man1/postkick.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6cd0ef6 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/postkick.1 @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +.TH POSTKICK 1 +.ad +.fi +.SH NAME +postkick +\- +kick a Postfix service +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.na +.nf +.fi +\fBpostkick\fR [\fB\-c \fIconfig_dir\fR] [\fB\-v\fR] +\fIclass service request\fR +.SH DESCRIPTION +.ad +.fi +The \fBpostkick\fR(1) command sends \fIrequest\fR to the +specified \fIservice\fR over a local transport channel. +This command makes Postfix private IPC accessible +for use in, for example, shell scripts. + +Options: +.IP "\fB\-c\fR \fIconfig_dir\fR" +Read the \fBmain.cf\fR configuration file in the named directory +instead of the default configuration directory. +.IP \fB\-v\fR +Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple \fB\-v\fR +options make the software increasingly verbose. +.PP +Arguments: +.IP \fIclass\fR +Name of a class of local transport channel endpoints, +either \fBpublic\fR (accessible by any local user) or +\fBprivate\fR (administrative access only). +.IP \fIservice\fR +The name of a local transport endpoint within the named class. +.IP \fIrequest\fR +A string. The list of valid requests is service\-specific. +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +.ad +.fi +Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error +stream. +.SH "ENVIRONMENT" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +.IP \fBMAIL_CONFIG\fR +Directory with Postfix configuration files. +.IP \fBMAIL_VERBOSE\fR +Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. +.SH "CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +The following \fBmain.cf\fR parameters are especially relevant to +this program. +The text below provides only a parameter summary. See +\fBpostconf\fR(5) for more details including examples. +.IP "\fBconfig_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR" +The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf +configuration files. +.IP "\fBapplication_event_drain_time (100s)\fR" +How long the \fBpostkick\fR(1) command waits for a request to enter the +Postfix daemon process input buffer before giving up. +.IP "\fBimport_environment (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR" +The list of environment parameters that a privileged Postfix +process will import from a non\-Postfix parent process, or name=value +environment overrides. +.IP "\fBqueue_directory (see 'postconf -d' output)\fR" +The location of the Postfix top\-level queue directory. +.SH "FILES" +.na +.nf +/var/spool/postfix/private, private class endpoints +/var/spool/postfix/public, public class endpoints +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.na +.nf +qmgr(8), queue manager trigger protocol +pickup(8), local pickup daemon +postconf(5), configuration parameters +.SH "LICENSE" +.na +.nf +.ad +.fi +The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. +.SH "AUTHOR(S)" +.na +.nf +Wietse Venema +IBM T.J. Watson Research +P.O. Box 704 +Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA + +Wietse Venema +Google, Inc. +111 8th Avenue +New York, NY 10011, USA |