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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/postmaster')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c | 16 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c index 55471085086..75f2f82548f 100644 --- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c +++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c @@ -1183,7 +1183,17 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[]) * Log_destination permits. We don't do this until the postmaster is * fully launched, since startup failures may as well be reported to * stderr. + * + * If we are in fact disabling logging to stderr, first emit a log message + * saying so, to provide a breadcrumb trail for users who may not remember + * that their logging is configured to go somewhere else. */ + if (!(Log_destination & LOG_DESTINATION_STDERR)) + ereport(LOG, + (errmsg("ending log output to stderr"), + errhint("Future log output will go to log destination \"%s\".", + Log_destination_string))); + whereToSendOutput = DestNone; /* diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c index e3b61025162..8b00aa525b2 100644 --- a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c +++ b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c @@ -634,6 +634,20 @@ SysLogger_Start(void) /* now we redirect stderr, if not done already */ if (!redirection_done) { +#ifdef WIN32 + int fd; +#endif + + /* + * Leave a breadcrumb trail when redirecting, in case the user + * forgets that redirection is active and looks only at the + * original stderr target file. + */ + ereport(LOG, + (errmsg("redirecting log output to logging collector process"), + errhint("Future log output will appear in directory \"%s\".", + Log_directory))); + #ifndef WIN32 fflush(stdout); if (dup2(syslogPipe[1], fileno(stdout)) < 0) @@ -649,8 +663,6 @@ SysLogger_Start(void) close(syslogPipe[1]); syslogPipe[1] = -1; #else - int fd; - /* * open the pipe in binary mode and make sure stderr is binary * after it's been dup'ed into, to avoid disturbing the pipe |