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authorTom Lane2012-03-05 19:09:06 +0000
committerTom Lane2012-03-05 19:09:06 +0000
commitd7a8e9a70ed3eaa854562dbfaf70fab78491c66c (patch)
treedf5b04db183c6be2d83033404403a73471c89964 /doc/src
parent5ce0a842a6e93ecb453490dc1b6a578b40da1630 (diff)
Improve documentation around logging_collector and use of stderr.
In backup.sgml, point out that you need to be using the logging collector if you want to log messages from a failing archive_command script. (This is an oversimplification, in that it will work without the collector as long as you're not sending postmaster stderr to /dev/null; but it seems like a good idea to encourage use of the collector to avoid problems with multiple processes concurrently scribbling on one file.) In config.sgml, do some wordsmithing of logging_collector discussion. Per bug #6518 from Janning Vygen
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index cbaff17bb3e..4d6ffc4fef2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
@@ -1387,9 +1387,6 @@ archive_command = 'local_backup_script.sh "%p" "%f"'
This allows all complexity to be managed within the script, which
can be written in a popular scripting language such as
<application>bash</> or <application>perl</>.
- Any messages written to <literal>stderr</> from the script will appear
- in the database server log, allowing complex configurations to be
- diagnosed easily if they fail.
</para>
<para>
@@ -1418,6 +1415,16 @@ archive_command = 'local_backup_script.sh "%p" "%f"'
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
+
+ <tip>
+ <para>
+ When using an <varname>archive_command</varname> script, it's desirable
+ to enable <xref linkend="guc-logging-collector">.
+ Any messages written to <systemitem>stderr</> from the script will then
+ appear in the database server log, allowing complex configurations to
+ be diagnosed easily if they fail.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
</sect3>
</sect2>