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author | Tom Lane | 2012-03-05 19:09:06 +0000 |
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committer | Tom Lane | 2012-03-05 19:09:06 +0000 |
commit | d7a8e9a70ed3eaa854562dbfaf70fab78491c66c (patch) | |
tree | df5b04db183c6be2d83033404403a73471c89964 /doc/src | |
parent | 5ce0a842a6e93ecb453490dc1b6a578b40da1630 (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
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml | 13 |
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> |