On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > So it is possible to do this in other ways but I thought it might be > interesting to allow people to define fifo or pipe as a log_desination. This > would allow a person to tail the fifo to receive the outputs of the log as > it happens but would not take up precious IO or space from the disk. I > personally have found this valuable when diagnosing immediate unexpected > problems. It would also work on Windows.
This is something that has been discussed before a couple of times. I've even gotten started on an implementation at one point, though in fairness I didn't get much past "git branch". I definitely think it would be a useful thing. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
