From: Dalibor Sramek <dali@...>
Date: 2002-10-30T22:23:43+09:00
Subject: PostgreSQL debug tty

Warning: this is likely to be more about PostgreSQL than about Ruby.

In the ruby-postgres library there is a method for opening connection like
this:
connect(pghost,  pgport, pgoptions, pgtty, dbname, login, passwd)

The fourth parameter (pgtty) is supposed to determine the "tty or file"
where debug messages from the PostgreSQL backend should be sent.
I was trying to set the parameter to various values (ttys as wel as files)
but the messages are still written to the terminal I am running ruby from.
(FreeBSD 4.2, Ruby 1.6.7, ruby-postgres 0.7.0)

Does anybody know how to redirect the tty?

And more general problem:
If I suppose that the tty can be successfuly redirected to a file: what is
the best way to capture the output in the Ruby script (on Unix - I mean: can
this be done without using "common" tmp file)?

Thanks for any suggestions

Dalibor Sramek

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Dalibor Sramek            "In the eyes of cats, all things belong to cats."
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