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<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>pg_controldata</command>
+ <arg><replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable></arg>
<arg><replaceable class="parameter">datadir</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<para>
<command>pg_controldata</command> prints information initialized during
<command>initdb</>, such as the catalog version.
- It also shows information about write-ahead logging and checkpoint
+ It also shows information about write-ahead logging and checkpoint
processing. This information is cluster-wide, and not specific to any one
database.
</para>
<para>
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
+ You can specify the data directory on the command line, or use
the environment variable <envar>PGDATA</>. This utility supports the options
<literal>-V</> and <literal>--version</>, which print the
<application>pg_controldata</application> version and exit. It also