Re: log_filename_prefix --> log_filename + strftime()

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Ed L(dot)" <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: log_filename_prefix --> log_filename + strftime()
Date: 2004-08-27 19:15:56
Message-ID: 1790.1093634156@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Ed L." <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net> writes:
> On Friday August 27 2004 1:03, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Hmm ... there isn't any way to emulate that with strftime escapes,
>> unless I missed the right one.

> If you supply an escape, Apache will override that default epoch. So I
> could see setting the default to "server_log" or "postgresql_log" or
> whatever, and making the default (with no escapes supplied) be the epoch.
> That would be easy tweak, and be much closer to Apache style.

Yeah, and it would also prevent a risk I now see with your initial
patch: if no %, it'll write the same filename each time, which
is almost certainly not desired. Works for me.

regards, tom lane

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