> I need to know the version of an installation of postgres I have - I
> have deleted the src directory for it, however, and therefore can't look
> in there for documentation. I've looked at the man pages for postgres
> and postmaster, and I can't find a --version argument, or the like. I'm
> not quite sure what pg_version does, and I cannot find a man page for
> it. It apparently requires and argument, but I do not know of what
> kind.
>
> Any suggestions..?
>
Look in your data directory. The file PG_VERSION is a text file containing
the version. Its rocket science man...james