Re: How to _not_ save startup options in postmaster.opts?

On 11/2/23 12:24, David G. Johnston wrote:
>
> Alas, those config values are remembered in postmaster.opts.  But I
> don't want that.
>
>
> I don’t know where this file is even documented ATM but my understanding
> is it just shows you the values used during the last startup.  It doesn’t
> remember anything in any real sense because it isn’t used by the system to
> determine what those parameter values should be during startup.

https://pgpedia.info/p/postmaster.opts.html

"*|postmaster.opts|*is a file in the data directory written after startup
which contains the options used to start the postmaster process. The
contents of|postmaster.opts|are used to ensure the postmaster process can be
restarted with the same options with which it was originally started."

I've confirmed this behavior, which I why I wrote the email.

>
> Use the -c functionality for your manual maintenance boots and just let
> the normal startup mechanism do whatever it does when you re-engage it.
>
> David J.
>

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