>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Jacobson <jonjac@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.
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