Re: Setting logfile location with pg_ctl and postgres.conf

Frank Joerdens writes:

> I don't see how you can set the log file to something like
>
> /usr/db/pgsql/log/postgresql_db.log

> That I've only managed to do like:
>
> /usr/db/pgsql/bin/postmaster -i -d 2 -B 2048 -N 256 -o '-F -S 8192'\
> >>/usr/db/log/postgresql_db.log 2>&1 &

This is how to do it.

> BTW: How do you see runtime options passed to the postmaster via the
> config file?

Look into the config file.  If you're interested in a particular option,
use the SHOW command.

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