Re: log_filename_prefix --> log_filename + strftime() - Mailing list pgsql-patches

Tom Lane wrote:

>>> at logger startup or size-based
>>>rotation, the rule would be to append.
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>>which then has a problem when you startup the postmaster after 10 hours
>>of downtime ... hmmm.
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> Doesn't seem like a big problem --- at worst that logfile will get to be
> double the size it normally would.

... continuing log entries with a time gap...

> Note that this scheme effectively disables size-based rotation anyway,
> unless you use one of the hacks we talked about like using a %H:%M
> pattern when you intend hourly rotation.

Please no colons in filenames (win32!)

Regards,
Andreas