Select stderr-based logging with a week's worth of daily logfiles. diff -Naur postgresql-8.4.0.orig/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample postgresql-8.4.0/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample --- postgresql-8.4.0.orig/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample 2009-04-22 20:23:45.000000000 -0400 +++ postgresql-8.4.0/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample 2009-08-12 23:20:46.000000000 -0400 @@ -236,17 +236,17 @@ # 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) # These are only used if logging_collector is on: -#log_directory = 'pg_log' # directory where log files are written, +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_truncate_on_rotation = off # If on, an existing log file of the +log_truncate_on_rotation = on # If on, an existing log file of the # same name as the new log file will be # truncated rather than appended to. # But such truncation only occurs on @@ -254,9 +254,9 @@ # 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.