Re: How to initiate a new log file? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John R Pierce
Subject Re: How to initiate a new log file?
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Msg-id 4A1C8B6E.1070708@hogranch.com
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In response to How to initiate a new log file?  (ray <Ray.Joseph@CDICorp.com>)
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ray wrote:
> While debugging applications interacting with pg, the log file (under
> pg_log) gets quite long.  The log file typically has a name such as
> postgresql-2009-05-26_000000.log; sometimes an new file will be
> generated on the same day and the portion of the name that is all
> zeroes will change to a larger number for each change during that day.
>
> I would like to know what triggers the name change and how can I force
> a change.
>

by default, a new log is created at midnight (hence the _000000) and
when the server is restarted (which would have a timestamp related to
when it was restarted)

you can force a new logfile with...

    SELECT |pg_rotate_logfile|();



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