Poul Kristensen <bcc5226@gmail.com> writes: > One off my Postgres installations shows no data directory in the ps. > I think it is a good thing, but can't see any difference in the > postgresql.conf in the name data_directory in pg_settings when comparing to > other Postgres installations.
Postgres itself wouldn't ever take any action to show (or hide) that information in "ps" output. I suppose that some of your postmasters were started with an explicit -D switch on their command line and some were not, and that that is the cause of the difference you're seeing.
regards, tom lane
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Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Poul Kristensen Linux-OS/Virtualizationexpert and Oracle DBA
