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Commit 0a24c70a authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian
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Add mention of log file rotation with mention of syslog SIGHUP capability.

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<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?
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<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
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