Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> If the PID isn't there is there a danger of different postmasters
> clobbering each other's logs?
Only if they're logging into the same directory with the same filename
pattern. This isn't the default (the default log_directory is under
$PGDATA), and so I'm not that worried now that I think about it carefully.
I'm coming around to agree with Ed's position that it's not worth the
trouble to provide more than the strftime escapes.
regards, tom lane