"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > data_directory = '/usr/local/pgsql/data2' # use data in > -bash-3.00$ bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/etc stop Fixing this would seem to require teaching pg_ctl how to parse the postgresql.conf file, which might be worth doing but it's a bit of a large pain in the neck compared to the benefit ... (For the record, I never did like the file-location-configuration patch, and one of the reasons is the havoc it plays with the apparently simple meaning of the -D switch.) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)