Re: Patch to implement pg_current_logfile() function - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 19:03:11 +0200
Gilles Darold <gilles.darold@dalibo.com> wrote:

> >> Re: Karl O. Pinc 2016-10-27
> >> <20161026222513.74cd3def@slate.meme.com>  

> > Your comment makes me wonder if pg_current_logfile(), without
> > arguments, should instead be "SHOW current_logfile;".

> -1, SHOW is used to display run-time parameters values

Another interface to consider might be a system catalog:

SELECT * from postgres.pg_current_logfile;

format | path
-------+-------------------
syslog | /some/where/log
cvslog | /some/where/log.csv

(2 rows)

Maybe good if the goal is "interactive use".  Seems like
overkill to me, but thought I'd present the idea
anyway.



Karl <kop@meme.com>
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