Re: log_filename_prefix --> log_filename + strftime()

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Ed L(dot)" <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: log_filename_prefix --> log_filename + strftime()
Date: 2004-08-27 19:03:47
Message-ID: 1652.1093633427@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Ed L." <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net> writes:
> On Friday August 27 2004 12:41, Tom Lane wrote:
>> BTW, as long as we are taking Apache as the de facto standard --- does
>> the default of "postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log" actually make sense, or
>> would something different be closer to the common practice with Apache?

> I should say, Apache rotatelogs takes a configurable filename and then
> appends ".N" where N is the logfile start time epoch. In one case, its
> access_log.N, in another its error_log.N.

Hmm ... there isn't any way to emulate that with strftime escapes,
unless I missed the right one.

regards, tom lane

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