Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:14:19 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: DOCS - System Applications 'datadir' parameter
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 06:27:50PM +1100, Peter Smith wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> In most places, each of the Server Application documentation pages [1]
> refers to the directory where the database cluster lives as 'datadir'.
> However, a few places called it 'directory' instead.
> 
> This patch changes the outliers also to 'datadir', making everything
> more consistent.

Good catch.  These clearly need to be datadirs and not just any
directory.  Patch applied to master, thanks.

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