Function checkControlFile

src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c:1793–1811

* Check that pg_control exists in the correct location in the data directory. * * No attempt is made to validate the contents of pg_control here. This is * just a sanity check to see if we are looking at a real data directory. */

 * just a sanity check to see if we are looking at a real data directory.
 */
static void
checkControlFile(void)
{
	char		path[MAXPGPATH];
	FILE	   *fp;

	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/global/pg_control", DataDir);

	fp = AllocateFile(path, PG_BINARY_R);
	if (fp == NULL)
	{
		write_stderr("%s: could not find the database system\n"
					 "Expected to find it in the directory \"%s\",\n"
					 "but could not open file \"%s\": %s\n",
					 progname, DataDir, path, strerror(errno));
		ExitPostmaster(2);
	}
	FreeFile(fp);
}


/*