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<chapter id="maintenance">
<xref linkend="routine-vacuuming">.
</para>
-<!-- probably ought to have something about log rotation here;
- any other important maintenance tasks?
--->
+ <para>
+ It is also necessary to rotate the database server log file that is specified
+ when the <application>postmaster</application> is started. If you are using
+ <application>syslog</application>, you can send a <literal>SIGHUP</literal>
+ signal to the syslog daemon to force it to start writing a new log file.
+ </para>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is low-maintenance compared to