I found a bug that pg_controldata ends with error if control files contain 0x1A (Ctrl+Z) on Windows.
We probably need to add PG_BINARY when we open control files because 0x1A is an end-of-file marker on Windows. This fix needs to be applied in back versions (8.2, 8.3 and HEAD). Index: src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.c =================================================================== --- src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.c (head) +++ src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.c (pg_control_0x1A) @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ snprintf(ControlFilePath, MAXPGPATH, "%s/global/pg_control", DataDir); - if ((fd = open(ControlFilePath, O_RDONLY, 0)) == -1) + if ((fd = open(ControlFilePath, O_RDONLY | PG_BINARY, 0)) == -1) { fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not open file \"%s\" for reading: %s\n"), progname, ControlFilePath, strerror(errno)); Index: src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c =================================================================== --- src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c (head) +++ src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c (pg_control_0x1A) @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ char *buffer; pg_crc32 crc; - if ((fd = open(XLOG_CONTROL_FILE, O_RDONLY, 0)) < 0) + if ((fd = open(XLOG_CONTROL_FILE, O_RDONLY | PG_BINARY, 0)) < 0) { /* * If pg_control is not there at all, or we can't read it, the odds Regards, --- ITAGAKI Takahiro NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers