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| author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2006-03-04 22:19:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2006-03-04 22:19:31 +0000 |
| commit | 5b8ac710423bcb88948d36c8679e4a48a73ae72e (patch) | |
| tree | c1b572aace85e689826e6ba5d920b0c38c7254d5 /doc/src | |
| parent | 60d3c9fdf4331b4e50d4c8ece07bb8bc0dad7385 (diff) | |
Support include directives in postgresql.conf.
Patch by Joachim Wieland, somewhat reworked for clarity and portability.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 21 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 710f1b93d16..77a742e0450 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.48 2006/03/03 22:02:07 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.49 2006/03/04 22:19:31 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter Id="runtime-config"> <title>Server Configuration</title> @@ -47,7 +47,24 @@ search_path = '"$user", public' anywhere. Parameter values that are not simple identifiers or numbers must be single-quoted. To embed a single quote in a parameter value, write either two quotes (preferred) or backslash-quote. - </para> + </para> + + <para> + <indexterm> + <primary><literal>include</></primary> + <secondary>in configuration file</secondary> + </indexterm> + In addition to parameter settings, the <filename>postgresql.conf</> + file can contain <firstterm>include directives</>, which specify + another file to read and process as if it were inserted into the + configuration file at this point. Include directives simply look like +<programlisting> +include 'filename' +</programlisting> + If the filename is not an absolute path, it is taken as relative to + the directory containing the referencing configuration file. + Inclusions can be nested. + </para> <para> <indexterm> |