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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: I've got gaps in the log files?
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:38:49 -0500
Message-ID: <1797.1331055529@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F563544.9040700@gmx.net>
References: <4F563544.9040700@gmx.net>

Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net> writes:
> it appeares I've got gaps in the log files.

> It's a PG 9.1 from the OpenSuse 12.1 distribution.

> I know the server is running so it should dump it's feelings all the 
> time in those files in PGDATA/pg_log.
> But I find huge gaps where nothing is written.

The only suggestion that comes to mind offhand is to check the logfile
rotation parameters in postgresql.conf.  Maybe the missing log entries
went to a file that got truncated and rewritten afterwards because of
poorly selected rotation parameters.

			regards, tom lane



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