That's the file the backend uses to determine whether the directory it's
looking at is:
a) an initdb'd location
b) initdb'd with the right version
It bears no relation to your actual installed binaries though.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 10:32:24AM +1100, Alex Satrapa wrote:
> Roberto Andrade Fonseca wrote:
> >El jue, 15-01-2004 a las 16:56, Phil Campaigne escribió:
> >
> >>Hi All,
> >>How can I determine what version of postgresql is installed.
> >
> >SELECT version();
>
> What's the function or purpose of the file "PG_VERSION" in $PGDATADIR?
>
> In my case, /var/lib/postgres/data/PG_VERSION contains "7.3"
>
> Is this the version of PostgreSQL that created the database?
>
> Alex Satrapa
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