Changing path to /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 file and the .lock file

Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>

From: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-05-29T17:29:29Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Is it possible to have postgres create the Unix socket in a directory
other than /tmp?  I'm having a problem with my /tmp cleaner cron job
on Solaris 8.

Also, what does the file .s.PGSQL.5432.lock mean?

Many thanks,
-- 
Arcady Genkin