Re: current postgresql logfile being written to?

2017-06-22 13:54 GMT+12:00 hvjunk <hvjunk(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> Hi there,
>
> 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?
>
> 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 :) )
>
> Hendrik
>
>
>
I use logging_collector + log_rotation_age + log_filename +
log_min_duration_statement
[1]

Using those options PG automatically rotates and keep them for a week or
more if you specified it.

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/runtime-config-logging.html