On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM Fujii Masao <masao.fu...@oss.nttdata.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > pg_recvlogical continuously writes to the file specified with the --file > option, > which means the output file can grow indefinitely. To manage file size, > some users may want to rotate the output periodically. > > While reviewing the source code to find the way to rotate the file, I noticed > that pg_recvlogical reopens the output file when it receives a SIGHUP signal. > This makes file rotation possible: we can rename the current output file and > then send a SIGHUP to pg_recvlogical, which will close the renamed file and > open a new one with the same original name. > > This is a useful feature, but it's currently undocumented. So I'd like to > apply the attached patch that adds this information to the documentation. > Thought?
Agreed. I have confirmed the behavior and I think it should be documented. Your patch looks good, except that you should use "specified by" instead of "given with" to be consistent with the other documents. -- Best regards, Shinya Kato NTT OSS Center
