Re: pg_service file questions

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Hi,

I was scanning through the postgresql documentations when i came across this webpage: PostgreSQL: Documentation: 15: 34.17. The Connection Service File . I am fairly new to database and i have a few questions regarding this:

1. Is pg_service.conf and .pg_service.conf (with a dot at the front) different files?
2. The documentation stated that the .pg_service.conf is named %APPDATA%\postgresql.pg_service.conf on windows which is a directory i can not find.
3. The documentation also stated that we can check for the sysconfigdir environment variable and point it to somewhere else, but when i checked for the sysconfigdir path, it is pointing to C:/PROGRA~1/POSTGR~1/15/etc which again, is a directory i can not find : to be specific, i can not find the etc file stated in the pathing.

So where should i put this pg_service file and does it link with the database itself?