cat /dev/null > name_of_log_to_truncate -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of gabor Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 6:21 AM To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [GENERAL] is it possible to delete the psql log while psql is running? hi, i'd like to delete the postgresql log file (resides in /var/log/pgsql/postgres), because it has become too big. can i simply delete the file while postgresql is running? or do i have to stop postgresql first, and only delete the logfile after that? thanks, gabor -- That's life for you, said McDunn. Someone always waiting for someone who never comes home. Always someone loving something more than that thing loves them. And after awhile you want to destroy whatever that thing is, so it can't hurt you no more. -- R. Bradbury, "The Fog Horn" ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
