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Add mention of log file rotation with mention of syslog SIGHUP capability.

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Bruce Momjian 2001-09-23 04:06:24 +00:00
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.3 2001/09/09 23:52:12 petere Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.4 2001/09/23 04:06:24 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="maintenance">
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<xref linkend="routine-vacuuming">.
</para>
<!-- probably ought to have something about log rotation here;
any other important maintenance tasks?
-->
<para>
It is also necessary to rotate the database server log file that is specified
when the <application>postmaster</application> is started. If you are using
<application>syslog</application>, you can send a <literal>SIGHUP</literal>
signal to the syslog daemon to force it to start writing a new log file.
</para>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is low-maintenance compared to