4 files changed, 80 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml
index 502cdb0e42c..47afe90c901 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml,v 1.44 2002/08/04 04:31:44 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml,v 1.45 2002/08/16 20:34:06 momjian Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 Complete list of usable sgml source files in this directory.
 -->
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ Complete list of usable sgml source files in this directory.
 <!entity ipcclean           system "ipcclean.sgml">
 <!entity pgAccess           system "pgaccess-ref.sgml">
 <!entity pgConfig           system "pg_config-ref.sgml">
+<!entity pgControldata      system "pg_controldata.sgml">
 <!entity pgCtl              system "pg_ctl-ref.sgml">
 <!entity pgDump             system "pg_dump.sgml">
 <!entity pgDumpall          system "pg_dumpall.sgml">
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_controldata.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_controldata.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2062c06ba75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_controldata.sgml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<!--
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_controldata.sgml,v 1.1 2002/08/16 20:34:06 momjian Exp $
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="APP-PGCONTROLDATA">
+ <refmeta>
+  <refentrytitle id="APP-PGCONTROLDATA-TITLE"><application>pg_controldata</application></refentrytitle>
+  <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+  <refmiscinfo>Application</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>pg_controldata</refname>
+  <refpurpose>display server-wide control information</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+  <cmdsynopsis>
+   <command>pg_controldata</command>
+   <arg><replaceable class="parameter">datadir</replaceable></arg>
+  </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1 id="R1-APP-PGCONTROLDATA-1">
+  <title>Description</title>
+  <para>
+   <command>pg_controldata</command> returns information initialized during
+   <application>initdb</>. such as the catalog version and server encoding.
+   It also shows information about write-ahead logging and checkpoint 
+   processing.  This information is server-wide, and not specific to any one
+   database.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   You can specify the data directory on the command line, or use 
+   the environment variable <envar>PGDATA</>.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Environment</title>
+
+  <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><envar>PGDATA</envar></term>
+
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Default data direction location
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+  </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:nil
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"../reference.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:"/usr/lib/sgml/catalog"
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+-->
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 4ddc70d2120..553d3e7dac8 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.71 2002/08/10 19:35:00 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.72 2002/08/16 20:34:06 momjian Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
    <command>psql</command>
    <arg><replaceable class="parameter">options</replaceable></arg>
    <arg><replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable>
-     <arg><replaceable class="parameter">user</replaceable></arg></arg>
+   <arg><replaceable class="parameter">user</replaceable></arg></arg>
   </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
index 3c6af16730b..b8605220025 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- reference.sgml
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml,v 1.33 2002/08/04 04:31:44 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml,v 1.34 2002/08/16 20:34:06 momjian Exp $
 
 PostgreSQL Reference Manual
 -->
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ Disable this chapter until we have more functions documented.
    &initlocation;
    &ipcclean;
    &pgCtl;
+   &pgControldata;
    &postgres;
    &postmaster;