Re: location of the configuration files

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-02-14T15:27:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 12:17, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> If you want ps to display the data dir, you should use -D.  Remember, it
>> is mostly important for multiple postmaster, so if you are doing that,
>> just use -D, but don't prevent single-postmaster folks from using
>> PGDATA.

> Could not the ps line be rewritten to show this, as the backend's ps
> lines are rewritten?

I for one would rather it didn't do that.  I already set my postmaster
command lines the way I want 'em, and I don't want the code overriding
that.  (I prefer to use explicit -p arguments to distinguish the various
postmasters I have running --- shorter and easier to read than explicit
-D would be.  At least for me.)

			regards, tom lane