>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Jacobson <jon...@gmail.com> writes:
Jonathan> As opposed to config_file, hba_file, etc. the name and Jonathan> location of the autoconfig file is fixed to Jonathan> $PGDATA/postgresql.auto.conf (guc.h) The reason it's in a fixed location is that the server needs to be able to rewrite the file, and we don't assume we can write to directories outside of $PGDATA unless the _directory_ (not the file) was explicitly specified (e.g. unix_socket_directories or stats_temp_directory). hba_file and ident_file can be outside $PGDATA because the server never needs to write to them. -- Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)
