04-30-2020
Could you store a 'previous last line' value somewhere to use between runs? That way you could:-
- Copy the log file to a temporary directory (to get a fixed file to work with)
- Read the 'previous last line' value from your stored location
- Count the lines in your copied file.
- If the count is lower, you have rotated the log file, so set the 'previous last line' value to zero to read the whole file.
- If the count was larger, read from the 'previous last line' value to the end of the file looking for the error message being logged.
- Store the new 'last line' value in a file somewhere for the next run.
- Tidy up your temporary file/directory.
Would that logic work for you?
Let us know if that helps, is totally wrong or if you get stuck.
I hope that this helps,
Robin
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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.
-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)
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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
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log reopen
doveadm log reopen
This command causes doveadm 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.
This is for example 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 prior-
ities 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
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REPORTING BUGS
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