Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> I just realized that --help-config doesn't output the contents of
> postgresql.conf at all, but just the internal server defaults. Does the
> admin tool read postgresql.conf too and parse that to get the runtime
> values, and how does it know if the postmaster is using the current
> postgresql.conf contents or it needs a SIGHUP?
The tool is using the output to help people create postgresql.conf.
The postmaster isn't running.
regards, tom lane