---
name: "graphdefang.pl"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "graphdefang"
version: "3.6-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/graphdefang.pl"
---

# graphdefang.pl(1)

## NAME

Application for generating graphs from mimedefang log files.

## SYNOPSIS

graphdefang.pl \[options\]

Options:\
   \--help            brief help message\
   \--man             full documentation\
   \--quiet           quiet output\
   \--nodb            do not update SummaryDB\
   \--trim            trim the SummaryDB\
   \--nomax           ignore the max date/time in SummaryDB\
   \--file            optional log file to parse

If called with no options, graphdefang.pl will parse the logfile as defined by the `$DATAFILE` variable.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Print a brief help message and exits.

- **--man**

  Prints the manual page and exits.

- **--quiet**

  Do not produce status output from mimedefang.pl.

- **--nodb**

  Do not use nor update the SummaryDB, just parse the file and draw graphs from it.

- **--trim**

  Trim the SummaryDB to cut out old data.  It trims out: 1.  hourly data older than 1.25x$NUM\_HOURS\_SUMMARY hours 2.  daily data older than 1.25x$NUM\_DAYS\_SUMMARY days 3.  all but top 25 sender, recipient, value1, value2, subject values\
       for all dates prior to the current hour, day, and month..

- **--nomax**

  Ignore the max date/time in the SummaryDB; add all lines from the parsed file to the database.

- **--file**

  Optional log file to parse.  If this option is not set, graphdefang will use the `$DATAFILE` variable.

## DESCRIPTION

**graphdefang.pl** will read a file that contains syslog messages from mimedefang, update its internal summary database, and produce graphs as requested by the user.