pg_verify_checksums
pg_verify_checksums — verify data checksums in a PostgreSQL database cluster
Synopsis
pg_verify_checksums [option...] [[ -D | --pgdata ] datadir]
Description
pg_verify_checksums verifies data checksums in a PostgreSQL cluster. The server must be shut down cleanly before running pg_verify_checksums. The exit status is zero if there are no checksum errors, otherwise nonzero.
Options
The following command-line options are available:
-Ddirectory
--pgdata=directory-
Specifies the directory where the database cluster is stored.
-v
--verbose-
Enable verbose output. Lists all checked files.
-rrelfilenode-
Only validate checksums in the relation with specified relfilenode.
-V
--version-
Print the pg_verify_checksums version and exit.
-?
--help-
Show help about pg_verify_checksums command line arguments, and exit.
Environment
PGDATA-
Specifies the directory where the database cluster is stored; can be overridden using the
-Doption.