On Friday 14 November 2003 17:08, Thomas LeBlanc wrote: > Where are the log files written?
Usually somewhere in /var/log/ but it depends on your startup script. If you're on RedHat Linux and using the RPMs then your startup script is /etc/init.d/postgresql and it seems to redirect to /dev/null (around line 157). Personally, I like to log via syslog. In your postgresql.conf set: syslog = 2 syslog_facility = 'LOCAL0' syslog_ident = 'postgres' In /etc/syslog.conf add: # Postgresql logfile local0.* /var/log/postgresql touch /var/log/postgresql Add /var/log/postgresql to /etc/logrotate.d/syslog so you logs get recyled and then: service syslog restart service postgresql restart These are for RedHat Linux, but the process will be similar on most unix-like systems. -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match