Re: is it possible to delete the psql log while psql is running?

cat /dev/null > name_of_log_to_truncate

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From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of gabor
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 6:21 AM
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [GENERAL] is it possible to delete the psql log while psql is running?

hi,

i'd like to delete the postgresql log file
(resides in /var/log/pgsql/postgres),
because it has become too big.

can i simply delete the file while postgresql is running?

or do i have to stop postgresql first, and only delete the logfile after
that?

thanks,
gabor

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