Re: rename pg_log directory?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: rename pg_log directory?
Date: 2017-03-06 20:16:49
Message-ID: 25246.1488831409@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se> writes:
> On 03/01/2017 05:49 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> On 2/27/17 09:51, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> No objection to the basic point, but "log" seems perhaps a little too
>>> generic to me. Would something like "server_log" be better?

>> Well, "log" is pretty well established. There is /var/log, and if you
>> unpack a, say, Kafka or Cassandra distribution, they also come with a
>> log or logs directory.

> +1, though I am also fine with server_log.

FWIW, I'm not strongly advocating for "server_log", I just thought it
was worth having some discussion around the name. Peter's point above
is pretty good though.

regards, tom lane

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