Re: A single escape required for log_filename

Robert Haas wrote:

> > "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> >> When I set it up, it automatically appended the time so I got:
> >> postgresql.log.1231878270
> >> That seems a bit, well wrong. If I say I want postgresql.log I should
> >> get postgresql.log.
> >
> > You'd probably reconsider around the time the log file filled your disk.
> > You really *don't* want a single fixed filename, you want some kind of
> > rotation series.
>
> Clearly so, but it does seem a bit odd if there's really NO way to
> insist on a particular fixed filename.

Indeed ... some of us have scripts that count on a given name. Fiddling them to look for the most recent seems like an unwarranted bit of busy work. Or am I missing something ? If I _want_ a foot-deringer, isn't that my business ?

My $0.02 worth (less and less, every day)

Greg Williamson
Senior DBA
DigitalGlobe

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