| From: | Craig Ringer <ringerc(at)ringerc(dot)id(dot)au> |
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| To: | Stefan Schwarzer <stefan(dot)schwarzer(at)unep(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Error message "psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory" |
| Date: | 2012-06-25 08:04:58 |
| Message-ID: | 4FE81BAA.6030902@ringerc.id.au |
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On 06/25/2012 02:50 PM, Stefan Schwarzer wrote:
> Craig Ringer wrote:
>> I'm puzzled about why you don't appear to be looking at the server error logs (/usr/local/pgsql-9.1/data/pg_log) during troubleshooting. They're your main source of info.
>
> Hmm, I guess it's because I didn't think of it, I was't really aware of it (although I tried to use the Console Error Messages to find any errors), and wouldn't have been sure how to access it (as it belongs to the _postgres user). But then, it doesn't exist. I see pg_clog and pg_xlog...
Perhaps your install places it somewhere else. Sorry, I don't really do
mac. The PostgreSQL log directory can be found by examining
postgresql.conf in the data directory. The 'log_directory' parameter
specifies where Pg writes its logs to.
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Craig Ringer
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