"Anony Mous" <A(dot)Mous(at)shaw(dot)ca> writes:
> Hi,
>
> In my postgresql.conf file I've got
>
> log_destination = 'stderr'
>
> Should this option not create a postmaster.log file somewhere on my system
> (it's nowhere to be found)? Apologies in advance if I'm just being stupid.
Depends on where the start script sends the stderr of the postmaster
process (or the -l option to 'pg_ctl start'). Some systems send it to
/dev/null by default.
-Doug
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