Re: serverlog function

Andreas Pflug wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> >Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de> writes:
> >  
> >
> >>For adminstrator's convenience, I'd like to see a function that returns 
> >>the serverlog.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >What do you mean by "returns the serverlog"?  Are you going to magically
> >recover data that has gone to stderr or the syslogd daemon?  If so, how?
> >And why wouldn't you just go and look at the log file, instead?
> >  
> >
> 
> I'd like to see the serverlog even if I can't "go and look at the log 
> file", because I don't have file access to the server.

Understand.  Unfortunately, we don't allow such functionality. The only
solution I can think of is to use syslog and send the logs to a machine
where you do have access.

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