postfix2dlf_pre1
Preprocess postfix logfiles for postfix2dlf_main
Usage
postfix2dlf_pre dumpfile
Overview
postfix2dlf_pre expect a postfix logfile on STDIN. It prints preprocessed logfile lines to STDOUT and creates a Berkeley DB holding a mapping from hostname-queueid to number-of-lines-with-this-id. dumpfile can be e.g. /tmp/dump, ../../var/dump or dump.
Developers
One can use the lr_anondump tool to view the contents of the dumpfile.
E.g. run
$ zcat postfix.log.gz | ./postfix2dlf_pre /tmp/stem > /tmp/pre$ lr_anondump /tmp/stem$ ./postfix2dlf_main /tmp/stem < /tmp/pre > /tmp/post
.
Examples
The raw log file
Dec 1 04:02:56 internetsrv postfix/pickup[20919]: 693A3578E:uid=0 from=<root>Dec 1 04:02:56 internetsrv postfix/cleanup[20921]: 693A3578E:message-id=<[email protected]>Dec 1 04:02:57 internetsrv postfix/qmgr[20164]: 693A3578E:from=<[email protected]>, size=617 (queue active)Dec 1 04:02:58 internetsrv postfix/local[20924]: 693A3578E:to=<[email protected]>, relay=local, delay=3, status=sent(forwarded as E325C578D)
will get converted to
dlfid internetsrv693A3578E from_relay_host localhost from_relay_ip127.0.0.1 logrelay internetsrv queueid 693A3578E time 1007175776type pickupdlfid internetsrv693A3578E logrelay internetsrv msgid<[email protected]> queueid 693A3578E time 1007175776 type cleanupdlfid internetsrv693A3578E from_domain example.com from_relay_hostlocalhost from_relay_ip 127.0.0.1 from_user john.doe.2 logrelayinternetsrv queueid 693A3578E size 617 time 1007175777 type qmgrdelay 3 dlfid internetsrv693A3578E logrelay internetsrv queueid693A3578E stat sent time 1007175778 to_domain example.comto_relay_host localhost to_relay_ip 127.0.0.1 to_user john.doe.2type local xstat (forwarded_as_e325c578d)
Examples
postfix2dlf_pre will be rarely used on its own: it is called by postfix2dlf(1). Refer to the postfix2dlf manpage for examples and usage information.
Version
$Id: postfix2dlf_pre.in,v 1.13 2006/07/23 13:16:34 vanbaal Exp $
Releases
6 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 5 times.