Reference (http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2004-09/msg00185.php).
Also, I am regsitering the service as follows:

...> pg_ctl register -N postgres -U username -P passwd -D F:\pgsql\data

   I can connect to the cluster using psql and work just normally.
But wish to redirect the log entries to a FS log fle instead of OS
event log!!!

Thanks,
Gurjeet.

On 5/28/06, Gurjeet Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>When running pg_ctl as a windows service (WinXP Pro), I don't
>>see any way
>>currently to configure a log file for it to use.  I am using
>>the following
>>syntax to register pg_ctl as a service:
>>
>>pg_ctl register -N MyService -U myUser -P myPword -D myDataDir
>>-w -o "-i"
>>
>>A "-l myLog" option passed in would get ignored, according to
>>pg-ctl.c.
>>Is there some other way that we should be configuring a log file when
>>running pg_ctl as a service on windows?
>
>Yes, see the redirect_stderr parameter in postgresql.conf.
>It should be enabled by default in the pginstaller installation.
>
>//Magnus

Hi Magnus,

    I tried what you said, but the LOG/ERROR/FATAL messages are all
getting logged into Windows (Win2k) 'Event Log', and are visible via
'Event Viewer' under 'Application Log'.

    I am building from sources, and I just uncommented the GUC in
question from the conf file:

# - Where to Log -

log_destination = 'stderr'              # Valid values are combinations of
                                        # stderr, syslog and eventlog,
                                        # depending on platform.

# This is used when logging to stderr:
redirect_stderr = off                   # Enable capturing of stderr into log
                                        # files

# These are only used if redirect_stderr is on:
log_directory = 'pg_log'                # Directory where log files are written
                                        # Can be absolute or relative to PGDATA
log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log' # Log file name pattern.
                                        # Can include strftime() escapes
log_truncate_on_rotation = off # If on, any existing log file of the same
                                        # name as the new log file will be
                                        # truncated rather than appended to. But
                                        # such truncation only occurs on
                                        # time-driven rotation, not on restarts
                                        # or size-driven rotation. Default is
                                        # off, meaning append to existing files
                                        # in all cases.
#log_rotation_age = 1440                # Automatic rotation of logfiles will
                                        # happen after so many minutes.  0 to
                                        # disable.
log_rotation_size = 10240               # Automatic rotation of logfiles will
                                        # happen after so many kilobytes of log
                                        # output.  0 to disable.

Thanks in advance,
Gurjeet.


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