Re: [PATCHES] serverlog function (log_destination file)

Sorry I didn't get back on this earlier, yesterday morning my internet
access was literally struck by lightning, I'm running temporary hardware
now.

Bruce Momjian wrote:

>>>>Looks good to me.  The only issue I saw was that the default file name
>>>>mentioned in postgresql.conf doesn't match the actual default.
>>>>
>>>>

I'll fix the default filename difference, postgresql.log seems best.
I'll add doc too.

>One idea would be to send a message to stderr when this option is used
>stating that everything is going to 'filename'.
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I can ereport LogFileOpen and LogFileClose, do we need this? Currently,
only open problems will be reported.

>Also can we close/reopen the file on SIGHUP. My guess is we can't
>because of all the backends accessing the output file.
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I'd also like it flushed in pg_logfile and pg_logfile_length, same
problem; any hints welcome.

Regards,
Andreas