Re: The logfile stop upgrade after a vim write

From: Erik Wienhold <ewie(at)ewie(dot)name>
To: lz ma <ma100(at)hotmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: The logfile stop upgrade after a vim write
Date: 2023-05-04 10:37:48
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> On 04/05/2023 11:54 CEST lz ma <ma100(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> 1. pg_ctl -D data -l MyLog
> 2. vim MyLog : add some words, save and exit
> 3. after vim operation, MyLog will never upgrade except restart server
> I know it caused by file descripter only open once at the start by postgres,
> and vim operation rename the file to MyLog~, so postgres can't upgrade

set backupcopy=yes in .vimrc

But why would you edit active log files?

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Erik

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