Assuming talking of RedHat.
>>>>> "Shridhar" == Shridhar Daithankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Shridhar> When postgres is started as a service like this it
Shridhar> always put database location somewhere in /var. I hate
Shridhar> loosing flexibility of database location. That's the
Shridhar> precise reason I don't use postgres as service but
Shridhar> starts it by hand.
As a matter of fact, RedHat is correct in putting databases in
/var/lib/pgsql. /var/lib is the location specified for "state
information pertaining to an application or the system" in the FHS. It
goes on to say:
"An application (or a group of inter-related applications) must use a
subdirectory of /var/lib for its data."
Its observation of state information is:
"State information should generally remain valid after a reboot,
should not be logging output, and should not be spooled data."
Seems to me /var/lib/pgsql is the right place for postgres databases.
I am not commenting on your need to have a different location for the
database, of course; only on the distributor's choice of
/var/lib/pgsql.
Binand
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