Re: [ADMIN] Postgres log file

2010-10-15 Thread Steve Francis
On Linux at least - not sure about Windows - deleting a file does not remove it from the file system until there are no more processes holding the file open. So while postgres holds the file open, it can keep writing to it happily. You won't be able to see the file i

[ADMIN] Postgres log file

2010-10-15 Thread Jessica Richard
I am curious about this scenario: What is going to happen when a server is running and the Postgres log file is accidentally deleted or renamed? The server will have no place to write its log entries obviously.. what else?. Is there any way to check within Postgres what the current log name (