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From: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:49:28 +1100
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Subject: Re: [Proposal] Adding Log File Capability to pg_createsubscriber
To: Gyan Sreejith <gyan.sreejith@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 12:33=E2=80=AFPM Gyan Sreejith <gyan.sreejith@gmail=
.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the feedback, Peter.
>
> I am currently working on the SGML docs update, and will promptly get bac=
k with an update.
>
> For your second point, currently, all output goes directly to the console=
. I thought it made more sense to break it up into multiple files depending=
 on what was being invoked. Do you have another opinion?
>

The point I was trying to make was that if you are going to have a
"--logdir" option, then IMO that option should do nothing other than
change the destination for the logs. In other words, current behaviour
is effectively --logdir=3Dconsole, so --logdir=3Dsome_other_folder should
not have some side-effect causing the log to get split into multiple
files.

If you want to split logs, then I thought Kuroda-San's suggestion [1]
sounded better ---  (a) mimic pg_upgrade more closely and (b)
reconsider if -logdir is needed at all.

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[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/OSCPR01MB14966FD0961F512B29BD46D6=
BF5AAA%40OSCPR01MB14966.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com

Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia