Re: 8.3 RC1 - Logging and filenames - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: 8.3 RC1 - Logging and filenames
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Msg-id 12963.1200011400@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: 8.3 RC1 - Logging and filenames  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: 8.3 RC1 - Logging and filenames  ("Andy Shellam" <andy.shellam-lists@mailnetwork.co.uk>)
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> You don't really have any choice about the matter --- Postgres will
>> not use a single fixed filename because that would be guaranteed to
>> lose log entries across a rotation.

> Unless he is using syslog?

True, if you really dislike the way that the built-in log collector
works, syslog is probably your best alternative.

            regards, tom lane

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