pg_controldata (1)
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Title: pg_controldata
Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
Date: 2017
Manual: PostgreSQL 9.6.5 Documentation
Source: PostgreSQL 9.6.5
Language: English
NAME
pg_controldata - display control information of a PostgreSQL database clusterSYNOPSIS
- pg_controldata [option] [[-D] datadir]
DESCRIPTION
pg_controldata
This utility can only be run by the user who initialized the cluster because it requires read access to the data directory. You can specify the data directory on the command line, or use the environment variable PGDATA. This utility supports the options -V and --version, which print the pg_controldata version and exit. It also supports options -? and --help, which output the supported arguments.
ENVIRONMENT
PGDATA
- Default data directory location