Re: [HACKERS] rename pg_log directory? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] rename pg_log directory?
Date
Msg-id 25246.1488831409@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] rename pg_log directory?  (Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>)
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Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se> writes:
> On 03/01/2017 05:49 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> On 2/27/17 09:51, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> No objection to the basic point, but "log" seems perhaps a little too
>>> generic to me.  Would something like "server_log" be better?

>> Well, "log" is pretty well established.  There is /var/log, and if you
>> unpack a, say, Kafka or Cassandra distribution, they also come with a
>> log or logs directory.

> +1, though I am also fine with server_log.

FWIW, I'm not strongly advocating for "server_log", I just thought it
was worth having some discussion around the name.  Peter's point above
is pretty good though.
        regards, tom lane



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