Re: Limiting the no. of logs file generated by postgreSQL

Thanks, all.

I will then explore other utilities to achieve this.

On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:28 PM, David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 4:54 AM, merina ghoghwani <
> merinaghoghwani(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am currently using PostgreSQL 9.4.5.
>>
>>
> ​Not that it changes the answer here but you are considerably out-of-date
> and should upgrade to 9.4.16 as the earliest opportunity.
>
>
>>
>> What I've observed is,
>> 1. I get a new file after every 10 Mins or when I restart the service or
>> logs size is over 10KB.
>>
>> But, it doesn't solve my problem to reduce the size of postgres logs, as
>> the file is not rotated, but a new is created every time.
>>
>> Is there any way I can rotate the files or restrict number to, say max 5
>> files
>> like,
>>
>>
> ​The docs cover what can and cannot be done. My reading indicates that
> what you described cannot be done - since you want to key off of size
> instead of time.
>
> My conclusion is that you need to turn over log file management to an
> external utility - syslog, logrotate, etc..., that provides the feature you
> desire.
>
> David J.
> ​
>

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*Regards,Merina Ghoghwani*