How to turn off or specify the nginx error log location?

Question

I compiled the nginx on Ubuntu myself. I start my nginx with -c nginx.conf parameter. In my nginx.conf file, I try to turn off error log with but failed.

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Answer 1

I just solved this by using this configure parameter:

./configure --prefix="$HOME/nginx" --error-log-path=/dev/stderr

Since I never use this nginx as a daemon and always run it in a shell, it makes sense for it to log errors to stderr.