Re: pg_log

Tom Lane wrote:
>
> "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> > Developers:
> > I've seen this question several times; wouldn't it be better to rename
> > pg_log to pg_tuplestatus? Calling something ...log is asking for it
> > to be wiped.
>
> In 7.1 it'll have a numeric filename ($PGDATA/global/1269, actually)
> which should reduce the tendency for DBAs to assume there's nothing
> important in it. I regard this as one of the major advantages of
> having switched to numeric filenames ;-)
>
What are the others? Is the point of moving to numeric filenames to
discourage people mucking with the files? With the current system for
example if a backend coredumps I know to look for it in the directory of
the database. But how will I know what that is in the future?

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