If $PGDATA is actually a mountpoint for a filesystem, transform it to become a Listing in the mounted filesystem. For example: if a filesystem is mounted to /var/lib/psql/info and $PGDATA is about to /var/lib/pgsql/facts, change $PGDATA to /var/lib/pgsql/information/info. In fact, guarding facts longevity on more than one node by default https://alexiswfmub.verybigblog.com/29638650/what-does-pgauto-mean