Re: [GENERAL] pg_version and version

From: James Olin Oden <joden(at)Lee(dot)k12(dot)nc(dot)us>
To: Jeffrey Napolitano <jnapoli(at)setech(dot)com>
Cc: General Questions for PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pg_version and version
Date: 1998-07-16 18:01:32
Message-ID: 81Jul15.125227edt.35714@gateway.lee.k12.nc.us
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> I need to know the version of an installation of postgres I have - I
> have deleted the src directory for it, however, and therefore can't look
> in there for documentation. I've looked at the man pages for postgres
> and postmaster, and I can't find a --version argument, or the like. I'm
> not quite sure what pg_version does, and I cannot find a man page for
> it. It apparently requires and argument, but I do not know of what
> kind.
>
> Any suggestions..?
>

Look in your data directory. The file PG_VERSION is a text file containing
the version. Its rocket science man...james

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