Re: change name of redirect_stderr?

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> >
> >> Before I wrap up the CSVlog stuff, we need to decide whether or not to
> >> change the name of the redirect_stderr setting, and if so to what. The
> >> reason is that with CSVlogs it will no longer apply just to stderr (we
> >> will require it to be on for CSVlogs, in fact).
> >>
> >
> >
> >> I suggest "redirect_logs", although it's arguably too general as it
> >> doesn't apply to syslog/eventlog.
> >>
> >
> > Perhaps it should be named analogously to stats_start_collector,
> > ie think of the syslogger process as a "log collector". I don't
> > much like "log_start_collector" though --- "start_log_collector"
> > seems far less confusing as to where the verb is.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Nobody else seems to care much. I'll go with "start_log_collector".

Are we trying to use log_* prefixes, e.g. log_start_collector?

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