"Lu, Dan" <dan...@sig.com> 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
