"Lu, Dan" <Dan.Lu@xxxxxxx> writes: > Question: > Can <hostname> be a variable like `hostname` derived from Unix shell or I have to hardcode the name of the host like " include /nfs/global/postgres-host123.cnf Nope, you'd have to hard-code it. Of course, you could have the startup script that you intended to set the env variable just overwrite $PGDATA/postgresql.conf with the right thing. regards, tom lane