Index: maintenance.sgml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v
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pipe command:
! pg_ctl start | logrotate
The PostgreSQL> distribution doesn't include a
suitable log rotation program, but there are many available on the
! Internet. For example, the logrotate
tool included in the Apache distribution
can be used with PostgreSQL.
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pipe command:
! pg_ctl start | rotatelogs /var/log/pgsql_log 86400
The PostgreSQL> distribution doesn't include a
suitable log rotation program, but there are many available on the
! Internet. For example, the rotatelogs
tool included in the Apache distribution
can be used with PostgreSQL.
Index: ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v
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server is started in the background, and standard input is attached to
/dev/null. The standard output and standard
error are either appended to a log file (if the
! option is used), or redirected to pg_ctl's
standard output (not standard error). If no log file is chosen, the
standard output of pg_ctl should be redirected
! to a file or piped to another process, for example a log rotating program,
! otherwise postmaster will write its output to the controlling
! terminal (from the background) and will not leave the shell's
! process group.
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server is started in the background, and standard input is attached to
/dev/null. The standard output and standard
error are either appended to a log file (if the
! option is used), or redirected to pg_ctl's
standard output (not standard error). If no log file is chosen, the
standard output of pg_ctl should be redirected
! to a file or piped to another process such as a log rotating program
! like rotatelogs>; otherwise the postmaster
! will write its output to the controlling terminal (from the background)
! and will not leave the shell's process group.