Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim at gunduz.org> writes:
> I was trying to figure out a way to control log filename for Slony, and
> I found related code piece in slon_tools.pm :
>
> ============================
>   my $cmd = "@@SLONBINDIR@@/slon -s $SYNC_CHECK_INTERVAL -d$DEBUGLEVEL $CLUSTER_NAME '$dsn' ";
>   if ($APACHE_ROTATOR) {
>     $cmd .= "2>&1 | $APACHE_ROTATOR \"$LOGDIR/slony1/node$nodenum/" .  $dbname . "_%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S.log\" 10M &";
>   } else {
>     my $now=`date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S'`;
>     chomp $now;
>     $cmd .= "> $LOGDIR/slony1/node$nodenum/$dbname-$now.log 2>&1 &";
> ============================
>
> So, instead of using hardcoded log file suffix, I was thinking of adding
> an option in slon_tools.conf for log filename:
>
> LOG_NAME_SUFFIX = '%a'
>
> and use it in slon_tools.pm file. 
>
> A patch is attached. I'm not a perl guy, so the patch might look like an
> idiot -- but it will give an idea of what I'm proposing. 

This looks pretty reasonable to me...

What I'd *rather* recommend is that you use syslog, because that takes
management of log files outside the responsibility of Slony-I
altogether, but your addition seems apropos as an
"altperl/slon_tools.pm" way.
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