On Sun, 4 Sep 2016 11:40:38 +0200 Christoph Berg <myon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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/ Indeed. I never noticed data_directory was set in postgresql.conf file... But then, why starting PostgreSQL with the following command ? /usr/lib/postgresql/9.4/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/postgresql/9.4/main \ -c config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.4/main/postgresql.conf It seems the following one work as expected and seems more logical with this setup: /usr/lib/postgresql/9.4/bin/postgres -D /etc/postgresql/9.4/main/ -- Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general