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FUNCTIONS / SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS

pg_rotate_logfile

Read PG 18 manual ↗

Signals the log-file manager to switch to a new output file immediately.

Signatures & examples

pg_rotate_logfile () → boolean
Signals the log-file manager to switch to a new output file immediately. This works only when the built-in log collector is running, since otherwise there is no log-file manager subprocess.
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  1. PG 12 → 13changed

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