Re: data_directory: remove from process view like ps

Thanks.
Symbolic links are "poison" for Postgres backup/restore is my experience.

/Poul

2017-04-03 15:52 GMT+02:00 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:

> Poul Kristensen <bcc5226(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > One off my Postgres installations shows no data directory in the ps.
> > I think it is a good thing, but can't see any difference in the
> > postgresql.conf in the name data_directory in pg_settings when comparing
> to
> > other Postgres installations.
>
> Postgres itself wouldn't ever take any action to show (or hide) that
> information in "ps" output. I suppose that some of your postmasters
> were started with an explicit -D switch on their command line and
> some were not, and that that is the cause of the difference you're
> seeing.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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Poul Kristensen
Linux-OS/Virtualizationexpert and Oracle DBA