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pg_verifybackuppg_verifybackup pg_verifybackup — verify the integrity of a base backup of a PostgreSQL cluster
Synopsis pg_verifybackup [option...]pg_verifybackup
pg_verifybackup --exit-on-error-e--exit-on-error
Exit as soon as a problem with the backup is detected. If this option is not specified, pg_verifybackup will continue checking the backup even after a problem has been dete…pg_verifybackup › Options
pg_verifybackup --format=format-F format--format=format
Specifies the format of the backup. format can be one of the following: pplain Backup consists of plain files with the same layout as the source server's data direct…pg_verifybackup › Options
pg_verifybackup --help-?--help
Show help about pg_verifybackup command line arguments, and exit.pg_verifybackup › Options
pg_verifybackup --ignore=path-i path--ignore=path
Ignore the specified file or directory, which should be expressed as a relative path name, when comparing the list of data files actually present in the backup to those …pg_verifybackup › Options
pg_verifybackup --manifest-path=path-m path--manifest-path=path
Use the manifest file at the specified path, rather than one located in the root of the backup directory.pg_verifybackup › Options
pg_verifybackup --no-parse-wal-n--no-parse-wal
Don't attempt to parse write-ahead log data that will be needed to recover from this backup.pg_verifybackup › Options
pg_verifybackup --progress-P--progress
Enable progress reporting. Turning this on will deliver a progress report while verifying checksums. This option cannot be used together with the option --quiet.pg_verifybackup › Options
pg_verifybackup --quiet-q--quiet
Don't print anything when a backup is successfully verified.pg_verifybackup › Options
pg_verifybackup --skip-checksums-s--skip-checksums
Do not verify data file checksums. The presence or absence of files and the sizes of those files will still be checked. This is much faster, because the files themselves d…pg_verifybackup › Options
pg_verifybackup --version-V--version
Print the pg_verifybackup version and exit.pg_verifybackup › Options
pg_verifybackup --wal-directory=path-w path--wal-directory=path
Try to parse WAL files stored in the specified directory, rather than in pg_wal. This may be useful if the backup is stored in a separate location from the WAL ar…pg_verifybackup › Options
pg_walsummarypg_walsummary pg_walsummary — print contents of WAL summary files
Synopsis pg_walsummary [option...] [file...]pg_walsummary
pg_walsummary --help-?--help
Shows help about pg_walsummary command line arguments, and exits.pg_walsummary › Options
pg_walsummary --individual-i--individual
By default, pg_walsummary prints one line of output for each range of one or more consecutive modified blocks. This can make the output a lot briefer, since a relation where a…pg_walsummary › Options
pg_walsummary --quiet-q--quiet
Do not print any output, except for errors. This can be useful when you want to know whether a WAL summary file can be successfully parsed but don't care about the contents.pg_walsummary › Options
pg_walsummary --version-V--version
Display version information, then exit.pg_walsummary › Options
PGAPPNAMEPGAPPNAME behaves the same as the application_name connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGCHANNELBINDINGPGCHANNELBINDING behaves the same as the channel_binding connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGCLIENTENCODINGPGCLIENTENCODING behaves the same as the client_encoding connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGCONNECT_TIMEOUTPGCONNECT_TIMEOUT behaves the same as the connect_timeout connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGDATABASEPGDATABASE behaves the same as the dbname connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGDATESTYLEPGDATESTYLE sets the default style of date/time representation. (Equivalent to SET datestyle TO ....)Environment Variables
PGGEQOPGGEQO sets the default mode for the genetic query optimizer. (Equivalent to SET geqo TO ....)Environment Variables
PGGSSDELEGATIONPGGSSDELEGATION behaves the same as the gssdelegation connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGGSSENCMODEPGGSSENCMODE behaves the same as the gssencmode connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGGSSLIBPGGSSLIB behaves the same as the gsslib connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGHOSTPGHOST behaves the same as the host connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGHOSTADDRPGHOSTADDR behaves the same as the hostaddr connection parameter. This can be set instead of or in addition to PGHOST to avoid DNS lookup overhead.Environment Variables
PGKRBSRVNAMEPGKRBSRVNAME behaves the same as the krbsrvname connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGLOADBALANCEHOSTSPGLOADBALANCEHOSTS behaves the same as the load_balance_hosts connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGLOCALEDIRPGLOCALEDIR sets the directory containing the locale files for message localization.Environment Variables
PGMAXPROTOCOLVERSIONPGMAXPROTOCOLVERSION behaves the same as the max_protocol_version connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGMINPROTOCOLVERSIONPGMINPROTOCOLVERSION behaves the same as the min_protocol_version connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGOPTIONSPGOPTIONS behaves the same as the options connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGPASSFILEPGPASSFILE behaves the same as the passfile connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGPASSWORDPGPASSWORD behaves the same as the password connection parameter. Use of this environment variable is not recommended for security reasons, as some operating systems allow non-root users to …Environment Variables
PGPORTPGPORT behaves the same as the port connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGREQUIREAUTHPGREQUIREAUTH behaves the same as the require_auth connection parameter.Environment Variables
PGREQUIREPEERPGREQUIREPEER behaves the same as the requirepeer connection parameter.Environment Variables
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