The postcat(1) command prints the contents of the named
files in human-readable form. The files are expected
to be in Postfix queue file format. If no
files are specified on the command line, the program
reads from standard input.
Options:
Tag
Description
-c config_dir
The main.cf configuration file is in the named directory
instead of the default configuration directory.
-o
Print the queue file offset of each record.
-q
Search the Postfix queue for the named files instead
of taking the names literally.
Available in Postfix version 2.0 and later.
-v
Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple -v
options make the software increasingly verbose.
DIAGNOSTICS
Problems are reported to the standard error stream.
ENVIRONMENT
Tag
Description
MAIL_CONFIG
Directory with Postfix configuration files.
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant to
this program.
The text below provides only a parameter summary. See
postconf(5) for more details including examples.
Tag
Description
config_directory (see postconf -d output)
The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf
configuration files.
queue_directory (see postconf -d output)
The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.