Re: rotatelog / logrotate with PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: rotatelog / logrotate with PostgreSQL
Date
Msg-id 21892.1032794155@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to rotatelog / logrotate with PostgreSQL  ("Johnson, Shaunn" <SJohnson6@bcbsm.com>)
Responses Re: rotatelog / logrotate with PostgreSQL
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"Johnson, Shaunn" <SJohnson6@bcbsm.com> writes:
> Can someone send an example of how they have the
> logrotate / rotatelog script working with PostgreSQL?

Should work to just pipe the postmaster's stderr into it, eg

    postmaster ... 2>&1 | logrotate ...  &

> Also, is there an easy way to tell if PostgreSQL have
> been configured with "--enable-syslog"?

I think pg_config would tell you, but the most reliable way is to try to
set the postgresql.conf setting and see if the postmaster will take
it...

            regards, tom lane

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