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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