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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Michael Grimm <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Howto tell pg_ctl to use a non-default directory for config files
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:02:21 -0400
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Michael Grimm <[email protected]> writes:
> Question: 
> Is there a way to tell PostgreSQL to look for config files in e.g. /usr/local/etc/postgres, where normally all config files reside in FreeBSD? [2]

Typically you would say "pg_ctl -D /usr/local/etc/postgres" to point
it at the config file.  Then you would need the config file to include
data_directory and perhaps other settings pointing to wherever the
actual data files are.  See

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-file-locations.html

			regards, tom lane

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