Can you give me a few sample lines that you are seeing in the log?
> Hi,
> I'm not using pg_ctl, I'm using postmaster directly. So, in my case I
> tried passing "-d0" to it, but it had no effect. Command line:
>
> postmaster -i -d0 -D /var/pgsql/data -c syslog=2
>
> Any ideas? I could patch the code to remove the excessive elog's in the
> vacuum command, but I'd rather understand how elog interacts with the
> global DebugLvl variable.
>
> JP
>
> On Tue, 1 May 2001, Justin Clift wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This might sound weird, but try "
> >
> > pg_ctl start -o '-d0'
> >
> > Include any other options you need of course too. The point is not
> > having a space between the -d and the 0.
> >
> > This fixes things for me when I have the default startup options
> > different, but need logging off for a while.
> >
> > Regards and best wishes,
> >
> > Justin Clift
> >
> > pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org wrote:
> > >
> > > JP (smasher@bikerider.com) reports a bug with a severity of 2
> > > The lower the number the more severe it is.
> > >
> > > Short Description
> > > debug_level 0 does not stop debug messages
> > >
> > > Long Description
> > > I'm trying to silence the annoying output generated by vacuum. I've
> > > tried both command line options (-d 0, -S (with syslog enabled)) and
> > > postgresql.conf (debug_level = 0, silent_mode = 1). Setting debug
> > > level to 0 should silence these messages, but still let errors through. Setting debug level higher seems to
generatemore output, which is great. just be nice if the vacuum output were at level 3 or
> > > greater.
> > >
> > > Platform: OpenBSD 2.8 (i386)
> > > PG Version: 7.1
> > >
> > > Sample Code
> > >
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