Tom Lane wrote: > The main difference between this and the CVS-tip behavior is that > if you want to specify the main config file directly, you write > --config_file instead of -D. I think that's less confusing than > overloading -D with multiple meanings.
I seem to recall that this was proposed all along (with the option named -C), before it was torn apart and reassembled. I'm happy with it. > It wasn't clear to me whether we had a consensus to prevent > non-superusers from reading the values of these GUC variables. I think in general operating system details should be hidden from users. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html