Re: machine-readable pg_controldata?

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> (FWIW, my recollection of the original design intention for
> pg_controldata was that it was meant as a troubleshooting tool if the
> database wouldn't start up.  I'm somewhat bemused to hear that people
> are trying to use it as part of production scripts.  It wasn't meant to
> produce machine-readable output, much less to give values that you could
> rely on with respect to a running server.)

I mostly use it to check on the progress of a PITR slave: just curious, 
is there a better/preferred way to get that information?

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