It certainly can be a slippery slope.
Dwayne Miller wrote:
>
> What about the common file having an entry for each 'instance' set up on
> the system.
>
> It could be formatted something like...
>
> Name DataDir ConfFile AutoStart
>
> then pg_ctl could be called with an Instance name and start or stop the
> instance.
> the initd script could scan the file looking for instances to start
> automatically.
>
> $0.02
