Re: Benoit Lobréau 2016-08-31 <CAPE8EZ6ToyA=MMzL7Z-dyhhXhrtuAOgOd6we=cxjhTNd7JdiWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Hi, > > My company is using PGDATA to store configuration files and the guc > data_directory to give the path to the instance directory. > > They would use it like this: > > pg_ctl start -D <path to CONFDIR> -w > > with this directory setup: > > <somepath>/CONFDIR => postgresql.conf pg_hba.conf pg_ident.conf > <somepath>/SYSTEM => All the normal stuff in the postgres instance > directory + recovery.conf recovery.done etc... > > Is it commonly used ? That's the default cluster layout on Debian (and Debian-based distributions). /etc/postgresql/9.5/main/ /var/lib/postgresql/9.5/main/ /var/run/postgresql/9.5-main.pg_stat_tmp/ Christoph -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general