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Document that PGDATA has to point to the configuration files, rather

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than the actual data storage directory.

Per suggestion from Thom Brown
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Bruce Momjian 2012-08-15 22:59:37 -04:00
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doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
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<term><option>--pgdata <replaceable class="parameter">datadir</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the file system location of the database files. If
Specifies the file system location of the database configuration files. If
this is omitted, the environment variable
<envar>PGDATA</envar> is used.
</para>

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doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml
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<term><option>-D <replaceable class="parameter">datadir</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the file system location of the data directory or
configuration file(s). See
Specifies the file system location of the database
configuration files. See
<xref linkend="runtime-config-file-locations"> for details.
</para>
</listitem>

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doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml
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@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ directories.
</para>
<para>
All the data needed for a database cluster is stored within the cluster's data
Traditionally, the configuration and data files used by a database
cluster are stored together within the cluster's data
directory, commonly referred to as <varname>PGDATA</> (after the name of the
environment variable that can be used to define it). A common location for
<varname>PGDATA</> is <filename>/var/lib/pgsql/data</>. Multiple clusters,
@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ these required items, the cluster configuration files
<filename>postgresql.conf</filename>, <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>, and
<filename>pg_ident.conf</filename> are traditionally stored in
<varname>PGDATA</> (although in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.0 and
later, it is possible to keep them elsewhere).
later, it is possible to place them elsewhere).
</para>
<table tocentry="1" id="pgdata-contents-table">