In log_filename documentation, mention that strftime is not used directly to

expand the pattern specifier.

Per gripe from Josh Drake.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 490e3ab0049a69b415326682b77e342ec55a31ba..f25ed24986c2bfea495a0d4f04f69657249a960a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+
 
 
   Server Configuration
@@ -2428,8 +2428,8 @@ local0.*    /var/log/postgresql
         log_filename were server_log,
         then the chosen file name would be server_log.1093827753
         for a log starting at Sun Aug 29 19:02:33 2004 MST.
-        This parameter can only be set in the postgresql.conf
-        file or on the server command line.
+        Note that the system's strftime is not used
+        directly, so platform-specific (nonstandard) extensions do not work.
        
        
         If CSV-format output is enabled in log_destination,
@@ -2440,6 +2440,10 @@ local0.*    /var/log/postgresql
         In the case of the example above, the CSV
         file name will be server_log.1093827753.csv.
        
+       
+        This parameter can only be set in the postgresql.conf
+        file or on the server command line.
+