Bruce Momjian wrote:
Also there are no documenttion changes.
Here are the missing docs, freshly created against cvs.
Regards,
Andreas
Index: func.sgml
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.214
diff -u -r1.214 func.sgml
--- func.sgml 12 Jul 2004 20:23:47 -0000 1.214
+++ func.sgml 14 Jul 2004 19:08:16 -0000
@@ -7455,6 +7455,80 @@
</para>
<indexterm zone="functions-misc">
+ <primary>pg_logfile_get</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm zone="functions-misc">
+ <primary>pg_logfile_length</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm zone="functions-misc">
+ <primary>pg_logfile_name</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm zone="functions-misc">
+ <primary>pg_logfile_rotate</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ The functions shown in <xref linkend="functions-misc-logfile">
+ deal with the server log file if configured with log_destination
+ <quote>file</quote>.
+ </para>
+
+ <table id="functions-misc-logfile">
+ <title>Server Logfile Functions</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row><entry>Name</entry> <entry>Return Type</entry> <entry>Description</entry></row>
+ </thead>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal><function>pg_logfile_get</function>(<parameter>size_int4</parameter>,
+ <parameter>offset_int4</parameter>,<parameter>filename_text</parameter>)</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>cstring</type></entry>
+ <entry>get a part of the current server log file</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal><function>pg_logfile_length</function>(<paramater>filename_text</parameter>)</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>int4</type></entry>
+ <entry>return the current length of the server log file</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal><function>pg_logfile_rotate</function>()</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>cstring</type></entry>
+ <entry>rotates the server log file and returns the new log file
+ name</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal><function>pg_logfile_name</function>()</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>cstring</type></entry>
+ <entry>returns the current server log file name</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal><function>pg_logfile_rotate</function>()</literal></entry>
+ <entry><type>cstring</type></entry>
+ <entry>rotates the server log file and returns the previous log file
+ name</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+</tgroup>
+</table>
+<para>
+The <function>pg_logfile_get</function> function will return the
+ contents of the current server log file, limited by the size
+ parameter. If size is NULL, a server internal limit (currently
+ 50000) is applied. The position parameter specifies the
+ starting position of the server log chunk to be returned. A
+ positive number or 0 will be counted from the start of the file,
+ a negative number from the end; if NULL, -size is assumed
+ (i.e. the tail of the log file).
+</para>
+<para>
+Both <function>pg_logfile_get</function> and
+ <function>pg_logfile_length</function> have a filename
+ parameter which may specify the logfile to examine or the
+ current logfile if NULL.
+</para>
+
+ <indexterm zone="functions-misc">
<primary>pg_cancel_backend</primary>
</indexterm>
Index: runtime.sgml
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.269
diff -u -r1.269 runtime.sgml
--- runtime.sgml 11 Jul 2004 00:18:40 -0000 1.269
+++ runtime.sgml 14 Jul 2004 19:08:26 -0000
@@ -1769,9 +1769,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> supports several methods
- for loggning, including <systemitem>stderr</systemitem> and
- <systemitem>syslog</systemitem>. On Windows,
- <systemitem>eventlog</systemitem> is also supported. Set this
+ for logging, including <systemitem>stderr</systemitem>,
+ <systemitem>file></systemitem> and <systemitem>syslog</systemitem>.
+ On Windows, <systemitem>eventlog</systemitem> is also supported. Set this
option to a list of desired log destinations separated by a
comma. The default is to log to <systemitem>stderr</systemitem>
only. This option must be set at server start.
@@ -1779,6 +1779,17 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id="guc-syslog-facility" xreflabel="log_filename">
+ <term><varname>log_filename</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This option sets the target filename for the log destination
+ <quote>file</quote> option. It may be specified as absolute
+ path or relative to the <application>cluster directory</application>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry id="guc-syslog-facility" xreflabel="syslog_facility">
<term><varname>syslog_facility</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
<listitem>
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