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| 2 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para>The <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> package contains
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| 5 | <command>clusterdb</command>,
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| 6 | <command>createdb</command>,
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| 7 | <command>createlang</command>,
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| 8 | <command>createuser</command>,
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| 9 | <command>dropdb</command>,
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| 10 | <command>droplang</command>,
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| 11 | <command>dropuser</command>,
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| 12 | <command>ecpg</command>,
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| 13 | <command>initdb</command>,
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| 14 | <command>initlocation</command>,
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| 15 | <command>ipcclean</command>,
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| 16 | <command>pg_config</command>,
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| 17 | <command>pg_controldata</command>,
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| 18 | <command>pg_ctl</command>,
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| 19 | <command>pg_dump</command>,
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| 20 | <command>pg_dumpall</command>,
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| 21 | <command>pg_encoding</command>,
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| 22 | <command>pg_id</command>,
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| 23 | <command>pg_resetxlog</command>,
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| 24 | <command>pg_restore</command>,
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[785d4d91] | 25 | <command>pgtclsh</command>,
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| 26 | <command>pgtksh</command>,
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| 27 | <command>pltcl_delmod</command>,
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| 28 | <command>pltcl_listmod</command>,
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| 29 | <command>pltcl_loadmod</command>,
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[458342f] | 30 | <command>postgres</command>,
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| 31 | <command>postmaster</command>,
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| 32 | <command>psql</command>,
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| 33 | <command>vacuumdb</command>,
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| 34 | <filename class="libraryfile">libecpg</filename>,
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[785d4d91] | 35 | <filename class="libraryfile">libpgtcl</filename>,
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| 36 | <filename class="libraryfile">libpgtypes</filename>,
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[458342f] | 37 | <filename class="libraryfile">libpq</filename> and various charset
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| 38 | modules.</para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | </sect2>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <sect3><title>clusterdb</title>
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| 45 | <para><command>clusterdb</command> is a utility for reclustering tables
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| 46 | in a <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application>
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| 47 | database.</para></sect3>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <sect3><title>createdb</title>
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| 50 | <para><command>createdb</command> creates a new
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| 51 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> database.</para></sect3>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <sect3><title>createlang</title>
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| 54 | <para><command>createlang</command> defines a new
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| 55 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> procedural
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| 56 | language.</para></sect3>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <sect3><title>createuser</title>
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| 59 | <para><command>createuser</command> defines a new
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| 60 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> user account.</para></sect3>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <sect3><title>dropdb</title>
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| 63 | <para><command>dropdb</command> removes a
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| 64 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> database.</para></sect3>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <sect3><title>droplang</title>
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| 67 | <para><command>droplang</command> removes a
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| 68 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> procedural
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| 69 | language.</para></sect3>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <sect3><title>dropuser</title>
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| 72 | <para><command>dropuser</command> removes a
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| 73 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> user account.</para></sect3>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <sect3><title>ecpg</title>
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| 76 | <para><command>ecpg</command> is the embedded <acronym>SQL</acronym> preprocessor.</para></sect3>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <sect3><title>initdb</title>
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| 79 | <para><command>initdb</command> create a new database cluster.</para></sect3>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <sect3><title>initlocation</title>
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| 82 | <para><command>initlocation</command> creates a secondary database storage
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| 83 | area.</para></sect3>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <sect3><title>ipcclean</title>
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[65df9fca] | 86 | <para><command>ipcclean</command> removes shared memory and semaphores left over by an
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[458342f] | 87 | aborted database server.</para></sect3>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <sect3><title>pg_config</title>
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| 90 | <para><command>pg_config</command> retrieves
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| 91 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> version
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| 92 | information.</para></sect3>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <sect3><title>pg_controldata</title>
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| 95 | <para><command>pg_controldata</command> returns information initialized during
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| 96 | <command>initdb</command>, such as the catalog version and server
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| 97 | locale.</para></sect3>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <sect3><title>pg_ctl</title>
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| 100 | <para><command>pg_ctl</command> controls stopping and starting the database
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| 101 | server.</para></sect3>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <sect3><title>pg_dump</title>
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| 104 | <para><command>pg_dump</command> dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are
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| 105 | used to recreate the database.</para></sect3>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <sect3><title>pg_dumpall</title>
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| 108 | <para><command>pg_dumpall</command> recursively calls
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| 109 | <command>pg_dump</command> for each database in a
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| 110 | cluster.</para></sect3>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <sect3><title>pg_resetxlog</title>
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| 113 | <para><command>pg_resetxlog</command> clears the write-ahead log and optionally resets some
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| 114 | fields in the <filename>pg_control</filename> file.</para></sect3>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <sect3><title>pg_restore</title>
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| 117 | <para><command>pg_restore</command> creates databases from dump files created by
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| 118 | <command>pg_dump</command>.</para></sect3>
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| 119 |
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[785d4d91] | 120 | <sect3><title>pgtclsh</title>
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| 121 | <para><command>pgtclsh</command> is a <application>Tcl</application>
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| 122 | shell interface extended with
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| 123 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> database access
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| 124 | functions.</para></sect3>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <sect3><title>pgtksh</title>
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| 127 | <para><command>pgtksh</command> is a
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| 128 | <application>Tcl</application>/<application>Tk</application> shell
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| 129 | interface extended with
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| 130 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> database access
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| 131 | functions.</para></sect3>
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| 132 |
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[458342f] | 133 | <sect3><title>postgres</title>
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| 134 | <para><command>postgres</command> is a single user database server, generally used for
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| 135 | debugging.</para></sect3>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <sect3><title>postmaster</title>
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| 138 | <para><command>postmaster</command> is the multi-user database daemon.</para></sect3>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <sect3><title>psql</title>
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| 141 | <para><command>psql</command> is a console based database shell.</para></sect3>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <sect3><title>vacuumdb</title>
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| 144 | <para><command>vacuumdb</command> compacts databases and generates statistics for the
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| 145 | query analyzer.</para></sect3>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | </sect2>
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