Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Michael Grimm <trashcan(at)ellael(dot)org> 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
Ah! That's what I failed to find in the documentation :-(
Thanks and regards,
Michael