Re: Copying pg_control file

Hi,
Thanks for your response.

What could be the impact??

> am Sat, dem 18.12.2004, um 14:04:07 +0530 mailte Deepa K folgendes:
>> Hi all,
>> I am running postgresql 7.1.3 on Red Hat Linux 7.2. pg_control file get
>> corrupted on abrupt PC reboot. Can I copy the pg_control file of another
>> PC (in which also postgresql 7.1.3 is running on Red Hat Linux 7.2)
>> here??
>
> Unlikely. The pg_control contains information about the last checkpoint.
> It is used by pg_restore. I think, the contents of the pg_control - file
> ist from the other machine ist very different to the crashed machine.
>
>
> Regards, Andreas
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