On 2/22/18 1:16 AM, Michael Paquier wrote: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 07:56:38PM -0500, David Steele wrote: >> On 2/21/18 7:01 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >>> For pg_log, just put it somewhere else and set the appropriate >>> configuration option to say where to write the postmaster log files. >>> Or you could use a symlink, like the solution for pg_xlog, but >>> I don't see any advantage there. >> >> Symlinking pg_log is not ideal because the logs end up in the backup. It >> gets pretty weird when those logs get restored to a standby and somebody >> starts reading them. > > log_directory in postgresql.conf san be set up with an absolute > directory value. So there is no actual need for a symlink with pg_log. > This also reduces the amount of data transfered as part of base > backups without actually needing them.
Yes, I really should have said having pg_log in the data directory at all is not ideal, symlinked or no. -- -David da...@pgmasters.net
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