Re: current postgresql logfile being written to?

From: hvjunk <hvjunk(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Lucas Possamai <drum(dot)lucas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: current postgresql logfile being written to?
Date: 2017-06-22 09:13:38
Message-ID: A74FA938-F9CC-4615-A9EC-898A4A1F2C03@gmail.com
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> On 22 Jun 2017, at 04:44 , Lucas Possamai <drum(dot)lucas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> 2017-06-22 14:16 GMT+12:00 hvjunk <hvjunk(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:hvjunk(at)gmail(dot)com>>:
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>> On 22 Jun 2017, at 4:06 AM, Lucas Possamai <drum(dot)lucas(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:drum(dot)lucas(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
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>> 2017-06-22 13:54 GMT+12:00 hvjunk <hvjunk(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:hvjunk(at)gmail(dot)com>>:
>> Hi there,
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>> I was hoping for a method (like archive_command) to handle logfile processing/archiving/compression, but unless doing it the logrotate way, I don’t see anything that postgresql provides. Is that correct?
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>> The closest I could find is: pg_rotate_logfile()… but here my question is where do I find the current active logfile(s) that postgresql is currently writing to?
>> (At least that way I can handle all the files that that postgresql is not writing to :) )
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>> Hendrik
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>> I use logging_collector + log_rotation_age + log_filename + log_min_duration_statement [1]
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>> Using those options PG automatically rotates and keep them for a week or more if you specified it.
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>> [1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/runtime-config-logging.html <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/runtime-config-logging.html>
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> That I know, but which file is the postgresql server/cluster writing to right now?
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> On your postgresql.conf check log_directory. If it's the default, then: /var/log/postgresql

Okay Lucas, I’m looking at my log directory:

-rw------- 1 postgres postgres 1002231184 Jun 22 11:08 postgresql-2017-06-22_001050.log
-rw------- 1 postgres postgres 1073742619 Jun 22 11:08 postgresql-2017-06-22_001045.log

my log snippets:
# These are only used if logging_collector is on:
log_directory = '/var/log/postgresql/'
log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log'
log_file_mode = 0600
log_truncate_on_rotation = off
log_rotation_age = 1h
log_rotation_size = 1GB

So which one is postgresql actually writing to right now? (no guessing, and the name might be a clue, but that is guessing IMHO)

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