On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 4:45 PM Pavel Borisov <pashkin.e...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I suppose there are many ways to have PG on OSX i.e. package managers > (Homebrew, Macports), App installers etc and so many places anyone can find > his data directory reside in. Generally I prefer data directory to be > somewhere inside the user home dir as OSX will take care of possible > backups and will not generally modify its contents during migration betweeb > osx versions and/or different machines. It is not only the question of > permissions. > > Any options inside user homedir are equally suitable IMO. > It is in the user's homedir - it's just that that isn't under /Users: hal:~ postgres$ echo $HOME /Library/PostgreSQL/13 With the EDB installers (unlike postgres.app), PostgreSQL runs as a service, much as it would on Linux or BSD. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
