Re: Parsing of pg_hba.conf and authenticationinconsistencies - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Am Tuesday, 5. August 2008 schrieb korry:
> Perhaps the --check-config option should take an (optional) file name?
> That would allow you to validate a config file without having to copy
> it into place first.
>
>     postgres --check-config=myFilenameGoesHere -D $PGDATA

There is already an elaborate system to tell where configuration files are 
located.  So just doing postgres --check-config -D myFilenameGoesHere should 
do the job.