From: Michael Grimm <trashcan@ellael.org>
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Subject: Re: Howto tell pg_ctl to use a non-default directory for config files
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 22:08:05 +0200
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Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>=20
> Michael Grimm <trashcan@ellael.org> writes:

>> Question:=20
>> 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]
>=20
> 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
>=20
> =
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-file-locations.html=


Ah! That's what I failed to find in the documentation :-(

Thanks and regards,
Michael