> > I can see that in a multipostmaster setting how you might want some > > differentiation between postmasters, but ISTM that the tool reading these > > logs should be trained in how to separate loglines out. <snip> > > Different postmasters = different conf files. Just set your syslog_facility > and/or your syslog_ident differently and it should be pretty easy to seperate > the logs. Actually, now that I have started using syslog fairly regularly, I
Not that I'm volunteering, but I think the biggest issue is many users simply don't know how to approach the problem. Some docs on using syslog, cron, etc. with PostgreSQL to accomplish maintenace jobs would probably be enough. The only mention we have of syslog is related to the postgresql.conf entries and their appropriate values. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/runtime-config.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-LOGGING-SYSLOG ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
