Re: change name of redirect_stderr? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: change name of redirect_stderr?
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Msg-id 200708141551.l7EFpxO07126@momjian.us
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In response to Re: change name of redirect_stderr?  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: change name of redirect_stderr?  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> > > 
> > > >> I suggest "redirect_logs", although it's arguably too general as it 
> > > >> doesn't apply to syslog/eventlog.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps it should be named analogously to stats_start_collector,
> > > > ie think of the syslogger process as a "log collector".  I don't
> > > > much like "log_start_collector" though --- "start_log_collector"
> > > > seems far less confusing as to where the verb is.
> > > 
> > > Nobody else seems to care much. I'll go with "start_log_collector".
> > 
> > Are we trying to use log_* prefixes, e.g. log_start_collector?
> 
> That sounds like you want to log when the collector starts, which is not
> the case and is confusing -- what collector is it talking about?  This
> is about starting the log collector.

Yea, good point.  I was just wondering because I don't see 'start' used
in anywhere at the beginning of a GUC variable.

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