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Re: more contrib: log rotator

Ed L. <pgsql@bluepolka.net>

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From: "Ed L." <pgsql@bluepolka.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-04-04T18:10:16Z
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On Friday April 4 2003 10:19, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> I feel we really ought to have *some* rotator included in the standard
> distro, just so that the Admin Guide can point to a concrete solution
> instead of having to arm-wave about what you can get off the net.
> If someone can offer a better alternative than Andrew's, great, let's
> see it.

Out of curiosity, are there issues preventing inclusion of Apache's log 
rotation code?  It seems you'd be hard-pressed to find a more 
battle-hardened log rotator.

Obviously some people also wish to rotate based on log file size, so adding 
both to contrib at least seems sensible.

Ed