Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> As of CVS tip, if you are using the config-file-location-changing > >> features, anybody can find out the data directory location via > >> "show pgdata"; > > > Btw., couldn't we come up with a more descriptive parameter name than > > "pgdata"? > > Sure. Actually it was just bothering me that "-c pgdata" didn't mean > quite the same thing as setting PGDATA in the environment. Do you like > "data_dir" or "data_directory" for the GUC variable?
I was going to suggest 'data_dir' but I see 'directory' is fully spelled out in all other GUC variables in postgresql.conf, so let's use 'data_directory'. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
