Create a built-in log rotation program, so that we no longer have to

recommend that people go get Apache's rotatelogs program.  Additional
benefits are that configuration is done through GUC, rather than
externally, and that the postmaster can monitor the log rotator and
restart it after failure (though we certainly hope that won't happen
often).
Andreas Pflug, some rework by Tom Lane.

doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml

 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.36 2004/07/24 19:51:22 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.37 2004/08/05 23:32:10 tgl Exp $
 -->
 
 <chapter id="maintenance">
@@ -445,22 +445,52 @@ VACUUM
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   If you simply direct the <systemitem>stderr</> of the <command>postmaster</command> into a
-   file, the only way to truncate the log file is to stop and restart
+   If you simply direct the <systemitem>stderr</> of the
+   <command>postmaster</command> into a
+   file, you will have log output, but
+   the only way to truncate the log file is to stop and restart
    the <command>postmaster</command>. This may be OK if you are using
    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> in a development environment,
    but few production servers would find this behavior acceptable.
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   The simplest production-grade approach to managing log output is to
+   A better approach is to send the <command>postmaster</>'s
+   <systemitem>stderr</> output to some type of log rotation program.
+   There is a built-in log rotation program, which you can use by
+   setting the configuration parameter <literal>redirect_stderr</> to
+   <literal>true</> in <filename>postgresql.conf</>.  The control
+   parameters for this program are described in <xref
+   linkend="runtime-config-logging-where">.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   Alternatively, you might prefer to use an external log rotation
+   program, if you have one that you are already using with other
+   server software. For example, the <application>rotatelogs</application>
+   tool included in the <productname>Apache</productname> distribution
+   can be used with <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.  To do this,
+   just pipe the <command>postmaster</>'s
+   <systemitem>stderr</> output to the desired program.
+   If you start the server with
+   <command>pg_ctl</>, then <systemitem>stderr</>
+   is already redirected to <systemitem>stdout</>, so you just need a
+   pipe command:
+
+<programlisting>
+pg_ctl start | rotatelogs /var/log/pgsql_log 86400
+</programlisting>
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   Another production-grade approach to managing log output is to
    send it all to <application>syslog</> and let
    <application>syslog</> deal with file rotation. To do this, set the
-   configuration parameter <literal>log_destination</> to 'syslog' (to log to
-   <application>syslog</> only) in <filename>postgresql.conf</>. Then
-   you can send a <literal>SIGHUP</literal> signal to the
-   <application>syslog</> daemon whenever you want to force it to
-   start writing a new log file.  If you want to automate log
+   configuration parameter <literal>log_destination</> to <literal>syslog</>
+   (to log to <application>syslog</> only) in
+   <filename>postgresql.conf</>. Then you can send a <literal>SIGHUP</literal>
+   signal to the <application>syslog</> daemon whenever you want to force it
+   to start writing a new log file.  If you want to automate log
    rotation, the <application>logrotate</application> program can be
    configured to work with log files from
    <application>syslog</application>.
@@ -471,27 +501,15 @@ VACUUM
    particularly with large log messages; it may truncate or drop messages
    just when you need them the most.  Also, on <productname>linux</>,
    <application>syslog</> will sync each message to disk, yielding poor
-   performance.  Use a <literal>-</> at the start of the file name
-   in the <application>syslog</> config file to disable this behavior.
+   performance.  (You can use a <literal>-</> at the start of the file name
+   in the <application>syslog</> config file to disable this behavior.)
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   You may find it more useful to pipe the
-   <systemitem>stderr</> of the <command>postmaster</> to some type of
-   log rotation program. If you start the server with
-   <command>pg_ctl</>, then the <systemitem>stderr</> of the <command>postmaster</command>
-   is already redirected to <systemitem>stdout</>, so you just need a
-   pipe command:
-
-<programlisting>
-pg_ctl start | rotatelogs /var/log/pgsql_log 86400
-</programlisting>
-
-   The <productname>PostgreSQL</> distribution doesn't include a
-   suitable log rotation program, but there are many available on the
-   Internet. For example, the <application>rotatelogs</application>
-   tool included in the <productname>Apache</productname> distribution
-   can be used with <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
+   Note that all the solutions described above take care of starting new
+   log files at configurable intervals, but they do not handle deletion
+   of old, no-longer-interesting log files.  You will also want to set
+   up a batch job to periodically delete old log files.
   </para>
  </sect1>
 </chapter>

doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml

 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.271 2004/08/03 23:42:59 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.272 2004/08/05 23:32:10 tgl Exp $
 -->
 
 <Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -1800,15 +1800,91 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
 	 option to a list of desired log destinations separated by
 	 commas. The default is to log to <systemitem>stderr</systemitem> 
 	 only.
+         This option can only be set at server start or in the
+         <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> configuration file.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry id="guc-redirect-stderr" xreflabel="redirect_stderr">
+      <term><varname>redirect_stderr</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+	  This option allows messages sent to <application>stderr</> to be
+	  captured and redirected into log files.
+	  This option, in combination with logging to <application>stderr</>,
+	  is often more useful than
+	  logging to <application>syslog</>, since some types of messages
+	  may not appear in <application>syslog</> output (a common example
+	  is dynamic-linker failure messages).
+	  This option can only be set at server start.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry id="guc-log-directory" xreflabel="log_directory">
+      <term><varname>log_directory</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+	  When <varname>redirect_stderr</> is enabled, this option
+          determines the directory in which log files will be created.
+	  It may be specified as an absolute path, or relative to the
+	  cluster data directory.
+         This option can only be set at server start or in the
+         <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> configuration file.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry id="guc-log-filename-prefix" xreflabel="log_filename_prefix">
+      <term><varname>log_filename_prefix</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+	  When <varname>redirect_stderr</> is enabled, this option
+          sets the prefix of the file names of the created log files.
+	  The postmaster PID and the current time are appended to this
+	  prefix to form an exact log file name.
+         This option can only be set at server start or in the
+         <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> configuration file.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry id="guc-log-rotation-age" xreflabel="log_rotation_age">
+      <term><varname>log_rotation_age</varname> (<type>integer</type>)</term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+	  When <varname>redirect_stderr</> is enabled, this option
+	  determines the maximum lifetime of an individual log file.
+	  After this many minutes have elapsed, a new log file will
+	  be created.  Set to zero to disable time-based creation of
+	  new log files.
+         This option can only be set at server start or in the
+         <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> configuration file.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry id="guc-log-rotation-size" xreflabel="log_rotation_size">
+      <term><varname>log_rotation_size</varname> (<type>integer</type>)</term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+	  When <varname>redirect_stderr</> is enabled, this option
+	  determines the maximum size of an individual log file.
+	  After this many kilobytes have been emitted into a log file,
+	  a new log file will be created.  Set to zero to disable size-based
+	  creation of new log files.
+         This option can only be set at server start or in the
+         <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> configuration file.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry id="guc-syslog-facility" xreflabel="syslog_facility">
       <term><varname>syslog_facility</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
-          If logging to <application>syslog</> is enabled, this option
+          When logging to <application>syslog</> is enabled, this option
           determines the <application>syslog</application>
           <quote>facility</quote> to be used.  You may choose
           from <literal>LOCAL0</>, <literal>LOCAL1</>,
@@ -1826,7 +1902,7 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
       <term><varname>syslog_ident</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
-         If logging to <application>syslog</> is enabled, this option
+         When logging to <application>syslog</> is enabled, this option
          determines the program name used to identify
          <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> messages in
          <application>syslog</application> logs. The default is

src/backend/postmaster/Makefile

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #    Makefile for src/backend/postmaster
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/Makefile,v 1.18 2004/07/21 20:34:46 momjian Exp $
+#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/Makefile,v 1.19 2004/08/05 23:32:10 tgl Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ subdir = src/backend/postmaster
 top_builddir = ../../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
-OBJS = postmaster.o bgwriter.o pgstat.o pgarch.o
+OBJS = postmaster.o bgwriter.o pgstat.o pgarch.o syslogger.o
 
 all: SUBSYS.o
 

src/backend/postmaster/pgarch.c

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/pgarch.c,v 1.4 2004/08/03 20:32:33 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/pgarch.c,v 1.5 2004/08/05 23:32:10 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ pgarch_start(void)
 			beos_backend_startup();
 #endif
 			/* Close the postmaster's sockets */
-			ClosePostmasterPorts();
+			ClosePostmasterPorts(false);
 
 			/* Drop our connection to postmaster's shared memory, as well */
 			PGSharedMemoryDetach();

src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  *	Copyright (c) 2001-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c,v 1.77 2004/07/01 00:50:36 tgl Exp $
+ *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c,v 1.78 2004/08/05 23:32:10 tgl Exp $
  * ----------
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ pgstat_start(void)
 			beos_backend_startup();
 #endif
 			/* Close the postmaster's sockets */
-			ClosePostmasterPorts();
+			ClosePostmasterPorts(false);
 
 			/* Drop our connection to postmaster's shared memory, as well */
 			PGSharedMemoryDetach();

src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.419 2004/08/04 20:09:47 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.420 2004/08/05 23:32:10 tgl Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 #include "nodes/nodes.h"
 #include "postmaster/postmaster.h"
 #include "postmaster/pgarch.h"
+#include "postmaster/syslogger.h"
 #include "storage/fd.h"
 #include "storage/ipc.h"
 #include "storage/pg_shmem.h"
@@ -199,7 +200,8 @@ char	   *preload_libraries_string = NULL;
 static pid_t StartupPID = 0,
 			BgWriterPID = 0,
 			PgArchPID = 0,
-			PgStatPID = 0;
+			PgStatPID = 0,
+			SysLoggerPID = 0;
 
 /* Startup/shutdown state */
 #define			NoShutdown		0
@@ -828,7 +830,7 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 * CAUTION: when changing this list, check for side-effects on the signal
 	 * handling setup of child processes.  See tcop/postgres.c,
 	 * bootstrap/bootstrap.c, postmaster/bgwriter.c, postmaster/pgarch.c,
-	 * and postmaster/pgstat.c.
+	 * postmaster/pgstat.c, and postmaster/syslogger.c.
 	 */
 	pqinitmask();
 	PG_SETMASK(&BlockSig);
@@ -850,6 +852,11 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	pqsignal(SIGXFSZ, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * If enabled, start up syslogger collection subprocess
+	 */
+	SysLoggerPID = SysLogger_Start();
+
 	/*
 	 * Reset whereToSendOutput from Debug (its starting state) to None.
 	 * This stops ereport from sending log messages to stderr unless
@@ -933,8 +940,8 @@ checkDataDir(const char *checkdir)
 	{
 		write_stderr("%s does not know where to find the database system data.\n"
 					 "You must specify the directory that contains the database system\n"
-					 "or configuration files by either specifying the -D invocation option\n"
-					 "or by setting the PGDATA environment variable.\n",
+					 "either by specifying the -D invocation option or by setting the\n"
+					 "PGDATA environment variable.\n",
 					 progname);
 		ExitPostmaster(2);
 	}
@@ -944,12 +951,12 @@ checkDataDir(const char *checkdir)
 		if (errno == ENOENT)
 			ereport(FATAL,
 					(errcode_for_file_access(),
-					 errmsg("data or configuration location \"%s\" does not exist",
+					 errmsg("data directory \"%s\" does not exist",
 							checkdir)));
 		else
 			ereport(FATAL,
 					(errcode_for_file_access(),
-			 errmsg("could not read permissions of \"%s\": %m",
+			 errmsg("could not read permissions of directory \"%s\": %m",
 					checkdir)));
 	}
 
@@ -1050,7 +1057,7 @@ pmdaemonize(void)
 		ExitPostmaster(1);
 	}
 #endif
-	i = open(NULL_DEV, O_RDWR | PG_BINARY);
+	i = open(NULL_DEV, O_RDWR);
 	dup2(i, 0);
 	dup2(i, 1);
 	dup2(i, 2);
@@ -1207,6 +1214,10 @@ ServerLoop(void)
 			}
 		}
 
+		/* If we have lost the system logger, try to start a new one */
+		if (SysLoggerPID == 0 && Redirect_stderr)
+			SysLoggerPID = SysLogger_Start();
+
 		/*
 		 * If no background writer process is running, and we are not in
 		 * a state that prevents it, start one.  It doesn't matter if this
@@ -1714,9 +1725,12 @@ ConnFree(Port *conn)
  * This is called during child process startup to release file descriptors
  * that are not needed by that child process.  The postmaster still has
  * them open, of course.
+ *
+ * Note: we pass am_syslogger as a boolean because we don't want to set
+ * the global variable yet when this is called.
  */
 void
-ClosePostmasterPorts(void)
+ClosePostmasterPorts(bool am_syslogger)
 {
 	int			i;
 
@@ -1729,6 +1743,20 @@ ClosePostmasterPorts(void)
 			ListenSocket[i] = -1;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/* If using syslogger, close the read side of the pipe */
+	if (!am_syslogger)
+	{
+#ifndef WIN32
+		if (syslogPipe[0] >= 0)
+			close(syslogPipe[0]);
+		syslogPipe[0] = -1;
+#else
+		if (syslogPipe[0])
+			CloseHandle(syslogPipe[0]);
+		syslogPipe[0] = 0;
+#endif
+	}
 }
 
 
@@ -1770,6 +1798,8 @@ SIGHUP_handler(SIGNAL_ARGS)
 			kill(BgWriterPID, SIGHUP);
 		if (PgArchPID != 0)
 			kill(PgArchPID, SIGHUP);
+		if (SysLoggerPID != 0)
+			kill(SysLoggerPID, SIGHUP);
 		/* PgStatPID does not currently need SIGHUP */
 		load_hba();
 		load_ident();
@@ -2063,6 +2093,18 @@ reaper(SIGNAL_ARGS)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/* Was it the system logger? try to start a new one */
+		if (SysLoggerPID != 0 && pid == SysLoggerPID)
+		{
+			SysLoggerPID = 0;
+			/* for safety's sake, launch new logger *first* */
+			SysLoggerPID = SysLogger_Start();
+			if (exitstatus != 0)
+				LogChildExit(LOG, gettext("system logger process"),
+							 pid, exitstatus);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Else do standard backend child cleanup.
 		 */
@@ -2258,6 +2300,8 @@ HandleChildCrash(int pid, int exitstatus, const char *procname)
 		kill(PgStatPID, SIGQUIT);
 	}
 
+	/* We do NOT restart the syslogger */
+
 	FatalError = true;
 }
 
@@ -2528,7 +2572,7 @@ BackendRun(Port *port)
 	 * Let's clean up ourselves as the postmaster child, and close the
 	 * postmaster's listen sockets
 	 */
-	ClosePostmasterPorts();
+	ClosePostmasterPorts(false);
 
 	/* We don't want the postmaster's proc_exit() handlers */
 	on_exit_reset();
@@ -2921,7 +2965,7 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (strcmp(argv[1], "-forkboot") == 0)
 	{
 		/* Close the postmaster's sockets */
-		ClosePostmasterPorts();
+		ClosePostmasterPorts(false);
 
 		/* Attach process to shared segments */
 		CreateSharedMemoryAndSemaphores(false, MaxBackends, 0);
@@ -2932,7 +2976,7 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (strcmp(argv[1], "-forkarch") == 0)
 	{
 		/* Close the postmaster's sockets */
-		ClosePostmasterPorts();
+		ClosePostmasterPorts(false);
 
 		/* Do not want to attach to shared memory */
 
@@ -2942,7 +2986,7 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (strcmp(argv[1], "-forkbuf") == 0)
 	{
 		/* Close the postmaster's sockets */
-		ClosePostmasterPorts();
+		ClosePostmasterPorts(false);
 
 		/* Do not want to attach to shared memory */
 
@@ -2961,6 +3005,16 @@ SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 		PgstatCollectorMain(argc, argv);
 		proc_exit(0);
 	}
+	if (strcmp(argv[1], "-forklog") == 0)
+	{
+		/* Close the postmaster's sockets */
+		ClosePostmasterPorts(true);
+
+		/* Do not want to attach to shared memory */
+
+		SysLoggerMain(argc, argv);
+		proc_exit(0);
+	}
 
 	return 1;					/* shouldn't get here */
 }
@@ -3017,7 +3071,7 @@ sigusr1_handler(SIGNAL_ARGS)
 		if (Shutdown <= SmartShutdown)
 			SignalChildren(SIGUSR1);
 	}
- 
+
 	if (PgArchPID != 0 && Shutdown == NoShutdown)
 	{
 		if (CheckPostmasterSignal(PMSIGNAL_WAKEN_ARCHIVER))
@@ -3214,7 +3268,7 @@ StartChildProcess(int xlop)
 		IsUnderPostmaster = true;	/* we are a postmaster subprocess now */
 
 		/* Close the postmaster's sockets */
-		ClosePostmasterPorts();
+		ClosePostmasterPorts(false);
 
 		/* Lose the postmaster's on-exit routines and port connections */
 		on_exit_reset();
@@ -3400,6 +3454,9 @@ write_backend_variables(char *filename, Port *port)
 	write_var(PostmasterHandle, fp);
 #endif
 
+	write_var(syslogPipe[0], fp);
+	write_var(syslogPipe[1], fp);
+
 	StrNCpy(str_buf, my_exec_path, MAXPGPATH);
 	write_array_var(str_buf, fp);
 
@@ -3471,6 +3528,9 @@ read_backend_variables(char *filename, Port *port)
 	read_var(PostmasterHandle, fp);
 #endif
 
+	read_var(syslogPipe[0], fp);
+	read_var(syslogPipe[1], fp);
+
 	read_array_var(str_buf, fp);
 	StrNCpy(my_exec_path, str_buf, MAXPGPATH);
 

src/backend/utils/error/elog.c

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.145 2004/08/04 20:58:46 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.146 2004/08/05 23:32:11 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "postmaster/postmaster.h"
+#include "postmaster/syslogger.h"
 #include "storage/ipc.h"
 #include "tcop/tcopprot.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ sigjmp_buf *PG_exception_stack = NULL;
 /* GUC parameters */
 PGErrorVerbosity Log_error_verbosity = PGERROR_VERBOSE;
 char       *Log_line_prefix = NULL; /* format for extra log line info */
-unsigned int Log_destination = LOG_DESTINATION_STDERR;
+int			Log_destination = LOG_DESTINATION_STDERR;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
 char	   *Syslog_facility;	/* openlog() parameters */
@@ -1589,6 +1590,10 @@ send_message_to_server_log(ErrorData *edata)
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s", buf.data);
 	}
 
+	/* If in the syslogger process, try to write messages direct to file */
+	if (am_syslogger)
+		write_syslogger_file(buf.data, buf.len);
+
 	pfree(buf.data);
 }
 

src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>.
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.225 2004/07/28 14:23:29 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.226 2004/08/05 23:32:12 tgl Exp $
  *
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "parser/parse_expr.h"
 #include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "postmaster/bgwriter.h"
+#include "postmaster/syslogger.h"
 #include "postmaster/postmaster.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
 #include "storage/fd.h"
@@ -801,19 +802,13 @@ static struct config_bool ConfigureNamesBool[] =
 		&default_with_oids,
 		true, NULL, NULL
 	},
-
 	{
-		{"integer_datetimes", PGC_INTERNAL, COMPILE_OPTIONS,
-			gettext_noop("Datetimes are integer based"),
-			NULL,
-			GUC_NOT_IN_SAMPLE | GUC_DISALLOW_IN_FILE
+		{"redirect_stderr", PGC_POSTMASTER, LOGGING_WHERE,
+		 gettext_noop("Start a subprocess to capture stderr output into log files"),
+		 NULL
 		},
-		&integer_datetimes,
-#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
-		true, NULL, NULL
-#else
+		&Redirect_stderr,
 		false, NULL, NULL
-#endif
 	},
 
 #ifdef WAL_DEBUG
@@ -828,6 +823,20 @@ static struct config_bool ConfigureNamesBool[] =
 	},
 #endif
 
+	{
+		{"integer_datetimes", PGC_INTERNAL, COMPILE_OPTIONS,
+			gettext_noop("Datetimes are integer based"),
+			NULL,
+			GUC_NOT_IN_SAMPLE | GUC_DISALLOW_IN_FILE
+		},
+		&integer_datetimes,
+#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
+		true, NULL, NULL
+#else
+		false, NULL, NULL
+#endif
+	},
+
 	/* End-of-list marker */
 	{
 		{NULL, 0, 0, NULL, NULL}, NULL, false, NULL, NULL
@@ -1245,6 +1254,24 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
 		100, 1, 1000, NULL, NULL
 	},
 
+	{
+		{"log_rotation_age", PGC_SIGHUP, LOGGING_WHERE,
+		 gettext_noop("Automatic logfile rotation will occur after N minutes"),
+		 NULL
+		},
+		&Log_RotationAge,
+		24*60, 0, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL
+	},
+
+	{
+		{"log_rotation_size", PGC_SIGHUP, LOGGING_WHERE,
+		 gettext_noop("Automatic logfile rotation will occur after N kilobytes"),
+		 NULL
+		},
+		&Log_RotationSize,
+		10*1024, 0, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL
+	},
+
 	{
 		{"max_function_args", PGC_INTERNAL, COMPILE_OPTIONS,
 			gettext_noop("Shows the maximum number of function arguments"),
@@ -1634,6 +1661,23 @@ static struct config_string ConfigureNamesString[] =
 		&log_destination_string,
 		"stderr", assign_log_destination, NULL
 	},
+	{
+		{"log_directory", PGC_SIGHUP, LOGGING_WHERE,
+		 gettext_noop("Sets the destination directory for logfiles."),
+		 gettext_noop("May be specified as relative to the cluster directory "
+					  "or as absolute path.")
+		},
+		&Log_directory,
+		"pg_log", NULL, NULL
+	},
+	{
+		{"log_filename_prefix", PGC_SIGHUP, LOGGING_WHERE,
+		 gettext_noop("Prefix for file names created in the log_directory."),
+		 NULL
+		},
+		&Log_filename_prefix,
+		"postgresql-", NULL, NULL
+	},
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
 	{
@@ -5055,7 +5099,7 @@ assign_log_destination(const char *value, bool doit, GucSource source)
 	char *rawstring;
 	List *elemlist;
 	ListCell *l;
-	unsigned int  newlogdest = 0;
+	int  newlogdest = 0;
  
 	/* Need a modifiable copy of string */
 	rawstring = pstrdup(value);

src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample

@@ -170,9 +170,23 @@
 #log_destination = 'stderr'	# Valid values are combinations of stderr,
                                 # syslog and eventlog, depending on
                                 # platform.
+
+# This is relevant when logging to stderr:
+#redirect_stderr = false    # Enable capturing of stderr into log files.
+# These are only relevant if redirect_stderr is true:
+#log_directory = 'pg_log'   # Directory where logfiles are written.
+                            # May be specified absolute or relative to PGDATA
+#log_filename_prefix = 'postgresql_' # Prefix for logfile names.
+#log_rotation_age = 1440    # Automatic rotation of logfiles will happen after
+                            # so many minutes.  0 to disable.
+#log_rotation_size = 10240  # Automatic rotation of logfiles will happen after
+                            # so many kilobytes of log output.  0 to disable.
+
+# These are relevant when logging to syslog:
 #syslog_facility = 'LOCAL0'
 #syslog_ident = 'postgres'
 
+
 # - When to Log -
 
 #client_min_messages = notice	# Values, in order of decreasing detail:

src/include/postmaster/postmaster.h

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/postmaster/postmaster.h,v 1.4 2004/07/21 20:34:48 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/postmaster/postmaster.h,v 1.5 2004/08/05 23:32:12 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ extern HANDLE PostmasterHandle;
 
 
 extern int	PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[]);
-extern void ClosePostmasterPorts(void);
+extern void ClosePostmasterPorts(bool am_syslogger);
 #ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
 extern pid_t postmaster_forkexec(int argc, char *argv[]);
 extern int	SubPostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[]);

src/include/postmaster/syslogger.h

+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * syslogger.h
+ *	  Exports from postmaster/syslogger.c.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ *
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/postmaster/syslogger.h,v 1.1 2004/08/05 23:32:12 tgl Exp $
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+#ifndef _SYSLOGGER_H
+#define _SYSLOGGER_H
+
+/* GUC options */
+extern bool Redirect_stderr;
+extern int	Log_RotationAge;
+extern int	Log_RotationSize;
+extern char *Log_directory;
+extern char *Log_filename_prefix;
+
+extern bool am_syslogger;
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+extern int syslogPipe[2];
+#else
+extern HANDLE syslogPipe[2];
+#endif
+
+
+extern int SysLogger_Start(void);
+
+extern void write_syslogger_file(const char *buffer, int count);
+
+#ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
+extern void SysLoggerMain(int argc, char *argv[]);
+#endif
+
+#endif   /* _SYSLOGGER_H */

src/include/utils/elog.h

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/utils/elog.h,v 1.72 2004/07/31 23:04:55 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/utils/elog.h,v 1.73 2004/08/05 23:32:13 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ typedef enum
 
 extern PGErrorVerbosity Log_error_verbosity;
 extern char *Log_line_prefix;
-extern unsigned int Log_destination;
+extern int Log_destination;
 
 /* Log destination bitmap */
 #define LOG_DESTINATION_STDERR   1