Re: Log retention query

Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
To: Paul Brindusa <paulbrindusa88@gmail.com>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-01-28T16:16:25Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On 1/28/25 05:40, Paul Brindusa wrote:
> @Junwang apologies, I should have mentioned that  we've tried setting up 
> a crontab and it has not worked. Have you got something similar working?
> 
> @Laurenz: log_filename: postgresql-%Y-%m-%d.log  -- if we redo the 
> syntax can we make it trigger garbage collection on 180 days?

If by garbage collection you mean 'log_truncate_on_rotation: on' then 
you would need some pattern that would repeat after 180 days. Off the 
top of my head I cannot come up with one that would do that.

How did you install Postgres and on what platform?


> -- 
> Kind Regards,
> Paul Brindusa
> paulbrindusa88@gmail.com <mailto:paulbrindusa88@gmail.com>
> 

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Adrian Klaver
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