Re: Postgres server output log

This is someones' elses' posting that i have preserved
shud be useful.

regds
mallah.

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Well,
the most correct way to do a logrotate is ( Redhat ):

1) Put on your postgresql.conf the following lines:

syslog = 2
syslog_facility = 'LOCAL0'
syslog_ident = 'postgres'

2) Put on the directory /etc/logrotate.d a file called
'postgres' with the following lines:

/var/log/postgresql.log {
compress
rotate 2
size=10000k
errors mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com
create 0664 postgres postgres
daily
postrotate
/usr/bin/killall -HUP syslogd
endscript
}

change the email address of course :-)

3) Put the following line on your /etc/syslog.conf

# Save postgresql logs
LOCAL0.*
/var/log/postgresql.log

Ciao
Gaetano

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On Thursday 30 January 2003 10:21 am, Mintoo Lall wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I am new to postgresql. I started my postgres using the command
>
> postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data > logfile 2>&1 &
>
> Now after running it for some time I noticed that the size of this logfile
> has become very large. Is this logfile used to store any important
> information used by the database for recovery in case of crash? If no,is
> there any way I can specify a different log file withouting stopping the
> server ?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tarun
>
>
>
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