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- <code class="command">pg_controldata</code> prints information initialized during
- <code class="command">initdb</code>, such as the catalog version.
- It also shows information about write-ahead logging and checkpoint
- processing. This information is cluster-wide, and not specific to any one
- database.
- </p><p>
- 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 <code class="envar">PGDATA</code>. This utility supports the options
- <code class="option">-V</code> and <code class="option">--version</code>, which print the
- <span class="application">pg_controldata</span> version and exit. It also
- supports options <code class="option">-?</code> and <code class="option">--help</code>, which output the
- supported arguments.
- </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.6.6"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATA</code></span></dt><dd><p>
- Default data directory location
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
- Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
- are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
- <code class="literal">never</code>.
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