Andreas Pflug wrote:
> Sorry I didn't get back on this earlier, yesterday morning my internet
> access was literally struck by lightning, I'm running temporary hardware
> now.
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> >>>>Looks good to me. The only issue I saw was that the default file name
> >>>>mentioned in postgresql.conf doesn't match the actual default.
> >>>>
> >>>>
>
> I'll fix the default filename difference, postgresql.log seems best.
> I'll add doc too.
>
> >One idea would be to send a message to stderr when this option is used
> >stating that everything is going to 'filename'.
> >
> >
> I can ereport LogFileOpen and LogFileClose, do we need this? Currently,
> only open problems will be reported.
Actually, my idea of sending a message to stderr saying we are using a
pre-configured file is so folks aren't surprised by the fact they can't
see any stderr anymore. But doesn't syslog have the same issue. Maybe
not, and that's why we need a message like:
"All standard output and standard error are going to postgresql.conf"
and send that to the processes standard error.
>
> >Also can we close/reopen the file on SIGHUP. My guess is we can't
> >because of all the backends accessing the output file.
> >
> >
> I'd also like it flushed in pg_logfile and pg_logfile_length, same
> problem; any hints welcome.
I don't understand this. I was thinking of close/reopen so log files
could be rotated.
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