POSTKICK(1) General Commands Manual POSTKICK(1)

postkick - kick a Postfix service



postkick [-c config_dir] [-v] class
    service request










The postkick(1) command sends request to the
    specified service over a local transport channel. This command makes
    Postfix private IPC accessible for use in, for example, shell scripts.


Options:



  

  
Read the main.cf configuration file in the named directory instead
      of the default configuration directory.

  

  
Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Multiple -v options
      make the software increasingly verbose.




Arguments:



  

  
Name of a class of local transport channel endpoints, either public
      (accessible by any local user) or private (administrative access
      only).

  

  
The name of a local transport endpoint within the named class.

  

  
A string. The list of valid requests is service-specific.












Problems and transactions are logged to the standard error
  stream.











  

  
Directory with Postfix configuration files.

  

  
Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes.












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.



  

  
The default location of the Postfix main.cf and master.cf configuration
      files.

  

  
How long the postkick(1) command waits for a request to enter the
      Postfix daemon process input buffer before giving up.

  

  
The list of environment parameters that a privileged Postfix process will
      import from a non-Postfix parent process, or name=value environment
      overrides.

  

  
The location of the Postfix top-level queue directory.










/var/spool/postfix/private, private class endpoints
/var/spool/postfix/public, public class endpoints








qmgr(8), queue manager trigger protocol
pickup(8), local pickup daemon
postconf(5), configuration parameters










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Wietse Venema
IBM T.J. Watson Research
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Wietse Venema
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