Re: [PORTS] Logging (was Re: PostgreSQL 7.0-2 RPMset released.)

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen(at)partitur(dot)se>
Cc: pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org, "PostgreSQL::General List" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PORTS] Logging (was Re: PostgreSQL 7.0-2 RPMset released.)
Date: 2000-05-22 21:58:33
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Palle Girgensohn writes:

> > > The real problem with redirecting the postmaster output is the issue
> > > of log rolling,

> I really enjoy using apache's rotatelogs program. stderr is
> redirected through a pipe to a very small and robust C program,
> rotatelogs, that takes as arguments number of seconds between
> log rotates and the log filename. Logs are rotated every
> argv[2] seconds. The rotatelogs program takes care of closing
> and reopening, and nothing has to done from the application,
> just start postmaster with '2>&1 | rotatelogs ...' at the end,
> and log to stderr.

Now there's a good idea. Why don't we abduct that program and teach pg_ctl
about it. (After all, we abducted that one as well. :)

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