PG_CONTROLDATA(1) PostgreSQL Server Applications PG_CONTROLDATA(1)NAME
pg_controldata - display control information of a PostgreSQL database
cluster
SYNOPSIS
pg_controldata [ datadir ]
DESCRIPTION
pg_controldata prints information initialized during initdb, such as
the catalog version. It also shows information about write-ahead log‐
ging and checkpoint processing. This information is cluster-wide, and
not specific to any one database.
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.
ENVIRONMENT
PGDATA Default data directory location
Application 2013-04-02 PG_CONTROLDATA(1)