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Subject: Re: [GENERAL] server log files
From: Tom Lane <tgl () sss ! pgh ! pa ! us>
Date: 2008-06-30 15:19:55
Message-ID: 28836.1214839195 () sss ! pgh ! pa ! us
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"EBIHARA, Yuichiro" <ebihara@iplocks.co.jp> writes:
> I'm now considering the following settings in postgresql.conf.
> log_destinatio = stderr
> logging_collector = on
> log_directory = 'pg_log'
> log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d.log'
> log_rotation_age = 1d
> log_truncate_on_rotation = off
> I just wonder whether I still should continue using 'pg_ctl start -l
> <filename>' to keep useful information about PostgreSQL server status.
You probably still want -l just to capture any error occuring during
server startup. But once the log collector has started to run, nothing
more should get written to that file.
> If all messages while PostgreSQL server is running are wrintten to the
> file specified by log_directory and log_filename, I'd like to consider
> to start up PostgreSQL as follows:
> $pg_ctl start > /dev/null
If the postmaster fails to start, you won't know why.
regards, tom lane
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