On 6 July 2018 at 14:11, Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On 2018-07-06 13:49:37 -0400, Dave Cramer wrote: > > There is some undocumented (nothing in the docs) code that allows for > > closing reopening the output file for pg_recvlogical. > > > > Since this doesn't change the name of the file in the process I'm > wondering > > how one might actually use this "feature" ? > > You can rename the file, then sighup, no? Renaming while the file is > open will continue to write into the renamed file, but sighup'ing will > use the original name. >
That is the missing piece, thanks! I'll prepare a patch for the docs Dave Cramer