[email protected] writes: > The documentation for 9.1 says about archive_command:
> "Any messages written to stderr from the script will appear in the database > server log, allowing complex configurations to be diagnosed easily if they > fail." > <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-TIPS> > This is not true if log_destination=syslog Yes, that's poorly worded --- you have to be using output to stderr for this to work as the docs claim. > Messages to sdterr does not appear at all anywhere. I prefer syslog because > of pgfouine. > Great if it can be fixed. At least this should be documented. There really isn't any way that we can force stderr output from a script to magically go to syslog. But we can at least clarify the docs, and I will go do so. Thanks for the report! regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
