Re: pg_service.conf ?

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Dave
On 14-Mar-06, at 7:51 AM, Christopher Browne wrote:

> In the last exciting episode, pg@fastcrypt.com (Dave Cramer) wrote:
>> David.
>>
>> OK, so as I understand it the client would be responsible for
>> finding, parsing this file and reading the appropriate section.
>>
>> Assuming the PGSYSCONFDIR environment variable is setup properly and
>> the driver has access to the file this would work.
>>
>> This would be a lot easier if the server managed this file.
>
> Unfortunately, that represents a recursive need.  pg_service.conf is
> used to determine where the server might be, so you need to read it
> before you can know where the server is...
>
> Note that libpq takes the perspective that pg_service.conf should live
> in the ../etc directory for the PostgreSQL build.  Thus, if psql is
> living as /opt/dbs/pgsql825/bin/psql, then this would be in
> /opt/dbs/pgsql825/etc/pg_service.conf.
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