Re: 8.3 RC1 - Logging and filenames

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "Andy Shellam" <andy(dot)shellam-lists(at)mailnetwork(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.3 RC1 - Logging and filenames
Date: 2008-01-11 00:30:00
Message-ID: 12963.1200011400@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> You don't really have any choice about the matter --- Postgres will
>> not use a single fixed filename because that would be guaranteed to
>> lose log entries across a rotation.

> Unless he is using syslog?

True, if you really dislike the way that the built-in log collector
works, syslog is probably your best alternative.

regards, tom lane

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