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. -- Michael
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