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.

       -o setting=value
              Overrides the configuration setting from
              /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and from the userdb with the given
              value.  In order to override multiple settings, the -o option
              may be specified multiple times.

       -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 timestamp.  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 send a SIGUSR1 signal to master process,
       which causes it to reopen all log files configured in the log_path,
       info_log_path and debug_log_path settings.  These settings are
       configured in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf.
       The master process also signals the log process to do the same.  This
       is mainly 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
       <dovecot@dovecot.org>.  Information about reporting bugs is available
       at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO
       doveadm(1)

Dovecot v2.3                      2013-11-24                    DOVEADM-LOG(1)