From: MichaelDBA <MichaelDBA@sqlexec.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>
Cc: Nikhil Ingale <niks.bgm@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Deleting the pg logs older than 30 days or certain time
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:16:44 -0400
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example: log_filename = 'postgresql-%a.log'
Tom Lane wrote on 6/29/2023 7:22 AM:
> Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info> writes:
>> Le jeu. 29 juin 2023 à 09:13, Nikhil Ingale <niks.bgm@gmail.com> a écrit :
>>> Can postgresql internal log rotation configuration mechanism delete the
>>> log files older than a specific period of time?
>> No.
> It will work if you choose a filename pattern such that old files are
> overwritten on some cycle. logrotate is a more flexible answer
> of course.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>
Regards,
Michael Vitale
Michaeldba@sqlexec.com <mailto:michaelvitale@sqlexec.com>
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