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From: Ben Kim <bkim@tamu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Default data directory
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> Is there somewhere else that postgres can get this information?
> I can't figure out how the Postgres that's running on the production web
> server knows where to look for its data.

Could it be the compile time setting? I guess you can try

     # pg_config --configure

and the --prefix=... will likely be where the "data" sits?


Regards,

Ben Kim