| From: | Alex Pilosov <alex(at)pilosoft(dot)com> |
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| To: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Dave Cramer <Dave(at)micro-automation(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Log files, how to rotate properly |
| Date: | 2001-06-14 14:31:06 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSO.4.10.10106141029450.17529-100000@spider.pilosoft.com |
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 June 2001 16:39, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Lamar Owen writes:
> > > Use syslog. Syslog has many advantages:
> > Disadvantage:
>
> > Some messages will get lost.
>
> I have yet to see a 'lost' syslog message here, in over three years.
Hate to say it, but: Me too!
>
> Which is worse, though:
> 1.) An occasional lost log message;
> 2.) Downtime due to pulling down the entire server to rotate a log.
>
> If syslog looses messages, let's try helping fix syslog rather than
> recommending Yet Another Log Rotating Solution.
Absolutely. There are multiple syslogd's out there which use reliable
means of transmitting syslog messages from one machine to another...
-alex
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