On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 11:34:20AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 07/02/15 11:11, Alex wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've used journalctl to do some really basic things, but I'm trying to > > use it to view the former /var/log/maillog, and haven't been able to > > figure out how. > > > > I understand I can use it to search for a specific priority, but > > haven't figure out how to show only today's mail.* facility logs, > > using the short form hostname. I also understand you can view logs for > > a specific process or pid, but that's also not what I want. > > > > Ideas greatly appreciated. A FAQ or general usage doc would really be > > appreciated (beyond just the man page). It just seems like a lot more > > typing than just "tail -f /var/log/maillog" when that's all I need. > > > > Assuming you're running sendmail, it sounds as if you may want.... > > journalctl -b 0 -u sendmail > > or > > journalctl -b 0 -r -u sendmail > > And, there is the -f option, which is the same as tail's.
Besides Ed's answer to your specific questions, you could look at this thread for a more general discussion. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general/440292 The OP has a useful (but incomplete) usage summary. Also see this particular post: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general/440292/focus=440535 To add to that last post, SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER might be more human readable. Although I have found often the information may not be commplete. Sometimes part of the info is still classified as "from the unit file" and needs to be filtered with -u! Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
