Default to stderr-based logging with a week's worth of daily logfiles. diff -Naur postgresql-9.1rc1.orig/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample postgresql-9.1rc1/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample --- postgresql-9.1rc1.orig/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample 2011-08-18 17:23:13.000000000 -0400 +++ postgresql-9.1rc1/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample 2011-08-18 18:39:39.697526799 -0400 @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ # requires logging_collector to be on. # This is used when logging to stderr: -#logging_collector = off # Enable capturing of stderr and csvlog +logging_collector = on # Enable capturing of stderr and csvlog # into log files. Required to be on for # csvlogs. # (change requires restart) @@ -287,11 +287,11 @@ # These are only used if logging_collector is on: #log_directory = 'pg_log' # directory where log files are written, # can be absolute or relative to PGDATA -#log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log' # log file name pattern, +log_filename = 'postgresql-%a.log' # log file name pattern, # can include strftime() escapes #log_file_mode = 0600 # creation mode for log files, # begin with 0 to use octal notation -#log_truncate_on_rotation = off # If on, an existing log file with the +log_truncate_on_rotation = on # If on, an existing log file with the # same name as the new log file will be # truncated rather than appended to. # But such truncation only occurs on @@ -299,9 +299,9 @@ # or size-driven rotation. Default is # off, meaning append to existing files # in all cases. -#log_rotation_age = 1d # Automatic rotation of logfiles will +log_rotation_age = 1d # Automatic rotation of logfiles will # happen after that time. 0 disables. -#log_rotation_size = 10MB # Automatic rotation of logfiles will +log_rotation_size = 0 # Automatic rotation of logfiles will # happen after that much log output. # 0 disables.