Manoj Patwardhan <manoj(at)expersis(dot)com> writes:
> So, it appears that PostgreSQL requires the name of the data
> directory to be "data".
Hmm, I don't believe it does ... and in a quick experiment here,
I didn't have any trouble using a data directory with an atypical
name. Please look more closely to see what your problem was.
regards, tom lane