On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> > 2) I couldn't find a --database-dir=[/var/lib/pgsql/data] option in
> > the output from ./configure --help.
> The default location is PREFIX/data; I don't think there is a configure
> option to change that without setting --prefix.
That's news to me. There is no default for the data storage location
anywhere that I can see. You always need to use the -D option or set
PGDATA in the environment. Of course PREFIX/data is the commonly used
place but it isn't any more special than any other location.
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