Whait is the $PGDATA/data/pg_log file use for?

From: Raymond Chui <raymond(dot)chui(at)noaa(dot)gov>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Whait is the $PGDATA/data/pg_log file use for?
Date: 2001-05-08 11:13:19
Message-ID: 3AF7D4CF.8E2EBE6E@noaa.gov
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What is the $PGDATA/data/pg_log file use for?
Is it a logical log file file? I see that file grow very big.
Can I do `cat /dev/null > $PGDATA/data/pg_log`
reduce it to zero size once a while? Or is there other
command reduce that file size?

Thank you in advance!

--Raymond

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