Re: current postgresql logfile being written to?

> On 22 Jun 2017, at 4:06 AM, Lucas Possamai <drum(dot)lucas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> 2017-06-22 13:54 GMT+12:00 hvjunk <hvjunk(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:hvjunk(at)gmail(dot)com>>:
> Hi there,
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> I was hoping for a method (like archive_command) to handle logfile processing/archiving/compression, but unless doing it the logrotate way, I don’t see anything that postgresql provides. Is that correct?
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> The closest I could find is: pg_rotate_logfile()… but here my question is where do I find the current active logfile(s) that postgresql is currently writing to?
> (At least that way I can handle all the files that that postgresql is not writing to :) )
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> Hendrik
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> I use logging_collector + log_rotation_age + log_filename + log_min_duration_statement [1]
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> Using those options PG automatically rotates and keep them for a week or more if you specified it.
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> [1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/runtime-config-logging.html <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/runtime-config-logging.html>
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That I know, but which file is the postgresql server/cluster writing to right now?