"Lu, Dan" <Dan.Lu@sig.com> writes:
> Question:
> Can <hostname> be a variable like `hostname` derived from Unix shell or I have to hardcode the name of the host like
"include /nfs/global/postgres-host123.cnf
Nope, you'd have to hard-code it.
Of course, you could have the startup script that you intended to set the
env variable just overwrite $PGDATA/postgresql.conf with the right thing.
regards, tom lane