From bd2ef8707f27af1da91f4b4926e71e13e2b13149 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:59:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] In log_filename documentation, mention that strftime is not
used directly to expand the pattern specifier.
Per gripe from Josh Drake.
---
doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 490e3ab0049..f25ed24986c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.179 2008/05/19 18:08:15 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.180 2008/06/14 21:59:59 alvherre Exp $ -->
<chapter Id="runtime-config">
<title>Server Configuration</title>
@@ -2428,8 +2428,8 @@ local0.* /var/log/postgresql
<varname>log_filename</varname> were <literal>server_log</literal>,
then the chosen file name would be <literal>server_log.1093827753</>
for a log starting at Sun Aug 29 19:02:33 2004 MST.
- This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</>
- file or on the server command line.
+ Note that the system's <systemitem>strftime</systemitem> is not used
+ directly, so platform-specific (nonstandard) extensions do not work.
</para>
<para>
If CSV-format output is enabled in <varname>log_destination</>,
@@ -2440,6 +2440,10 @@ local0.* /var/log/postgresql
In the case of the example above, the CSV
file name will be <literal>server_log.1093827753.csv</literal>.
</para>
+ <para>
+ This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</>
+ file or on the server command line.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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