File Locations
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config_file
config_file — Sets the server’s main configuration file. Observed in PG9.0–19 Beta 3; its last measured boot default is not set in PG19 Beta 3, with postmaster context. This is a beta-snapshot fact and can change before PostgreSQL 19 GA.
data_directory
data_directory — Sets the server’s data directory. Observed in PG9.0–19 Beta 3; its last measured boot default is not set in PG19 Beta 3, with postmaster context. This is a beta-snapshot fact and can change before PostgreSQL 19 GA.
extension_destdir
extension_destdir is a Debian/PGDG downstream staging-prefix GUC observed in the packaged PostgreSQL 9.5–17 images. It was never an upstream PostgreSQL parameter and disappears from the measured packages at PostgreSQL 18.
external_pid_file
external_pid_file — Writes the postmaster PID to the specified file. Observed in PG9.0–19 Beta 3; its last measured boot default is not set in PG19 Beta 3, with postmaster context. This is a beta-snapshot fact and can change before PostgreSQL 19 GA.
hba_file
hba_file — Sets the server’s “hba” configuration file. Observed in PG9.0–19 Beta 3; its last measured boot default is not set in PG19 Beta 3, with postmaster context. This is a beta-snapshot fact and can change before PostgreSQL 19 GA.
hosts_file
hosts_file — Sets the server’s “hosts” configuration file. Observed in PG19 Beta 3; its last measured boot default is not set in PG19 Beta 3, with postmaster context. This is a beta-snapshot fact and can change before PostgreSQL 19 GA.
ident_file
ident_file — Sets the server’s “ident” configuration file. Observed in PG9.0–19 Beta 3; its last measured boot default is not set in PG19 Beta 3, with postmaster context. This is a beta-snapshot fact and can change before PostgreSQL 19 GA.