Thanks. I had missed the distinction between $APPDATA$ and %APPDATA%. I will assume that I will find that %APPDATA% defaults to ...\APPDATA\ROAMING.
If one is inspired to try to "idiot-proof" the documentation, one could insert the parenthetical expression "(typically \AppData\Roaming)" for those that use Windows out of the box and are directed to bonafide documentation that assumes a lot about the users.
On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 9:11 AM Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 01:50:26PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/libpq-pgpass.html > Description: > > The subdirectory of $APPDATA$ should be stated explicitly in the > documentation. The choices are "\AppData\Local", "\AppData\LocalLow", and > "\AppData\Roaming". There is no good reason to make the user guess where to > create it when the address C:\Users\geoff\AppData is known and loved (but > obviously not the correct answer).
The documentation says %APPDATA%, not $APPDATA$. That's a system variable that you can use in the explorer or a command prompt, that will tell you where it the directory on your machine (you could alternatively look at Windows documentation to get the same answer). It seems to have frequently changed across Windows versions, which is why we can't document where it actually is.