Where are the PostgreSQL logs on macOS?

Question

I would like to take a look at the PostgreSQL log files to see what my app writes to them but I can\'t find them.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

The plist used to launch your Postgres on boot may also set the logfile:

$ dir ~/Library/LaunchAgents
org.postgresql.postgres.plist

$ cat ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.postgresql.postgres.plist




  [...]
  StandardErrorPath
  /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log

So in this case, /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log.