Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: > On Aug 26, 2016 5:54 PM, "Peter Eisentraut" < > peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> If we're going to do some renaming, then I suggest we do a >> mini-file-system structure under $PGDATA, like >> >> $PGDATA/etc >> $PGDATA/log >> $PGDATA/run (lock files etc.) >> $PGDATA/tmp >> $PGDATA/var >> >> The names of all the things under "var" could still be refined, but it's >> much less likely that users will confuse data with configuration or >> plain logs under that scheme
> Interesting idea. I worry a bit that this might encourage distributions to > split it up into different places though, and I'm not sure we want to > encourage that.. Yeah, I'm afraid that these names are not as well standardized as Peter probably wishes they were. Also, I'd just as soon not move/rename things that don't really need it. If, for example, we decide to move postgresql.conf to etc/postgresql.conf, that is going to break a metric ton of stuff that doesn't need to get broken AFAICS. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers