Re: 8.3 Logging Question - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: 8.3 Logging Question
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Msg-id 16614.1201214339@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to 8.3 Logging Question  ("Chris Hoover" <revoohc@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: 8.3 Logging Question  ("Chris Hoover" <revoohc@gmail.com>)
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"Chris Hoover" <revoohc@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm running PG 8.3rc2 to start testing it out, and really like how it is
> preforming for me so far.  However, I have one question on the logging.  I
> am trying to use syslog and csvlog to log all sql.  This seems to work great
> except that for every log rotation postgres does, I get a .csv log file that
> grows and a 0 byte .log file.  Since I'm not logging to stderr, why is the
> .log file being created, and how do I turn that off?

The .log file is to catch any non-csv-format data that comes down the
pipe.  You can't turn it off.

            regards, tom lane

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