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1 | 1 | <!-- |
2 | | -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.3 2001/09/09 23:52:12 petere Exp $ |
| 2 | +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.4 2001/09/23 04:06:24 momjian Exp $ |
3 | 3 | --> |
4 | 4 |
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5 | 5 | <chapter id="maintenance"> |
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.3 2001/09/09 23:52:12 |
33 | 33 | <xref linkend="routine-vacuuming">. |
34 | 34 | </para> |
35 | 35 |
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36 | | -<!-- probably ought to have something about log rotation here; |
37 | | - any other important maintenance tasks? |
38 | | ---> |
| 36 | + <para> |
| 37 | + It is also necessary to rotate the database server log file that is specified |
| 38 | + when the <application>postmaster</application> is started. If you are using |
| 39 | + <application>syslog</application>, you can send a <literal>SIGHUP</literal> |
| 40 | + signal to the syslog daemon to force it to start writing a new log file. |
| 41 | + </para> |
39 | 42 |
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40 | 43 | <para> |
41 | 44 | <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is low-maintenance compared to |
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