1 | <sect2>
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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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25 | <command>postgres</command>,
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26 | <command>postmaster</command>,
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27 | <command>psql</command>,
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28 | <command>vacuumdb</command>,
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29 | <filename class="libraryfile">libecpg</filename>,
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30 | <filename class="libraryfile">libpq</filename> and various charset
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31 | modules.</para>
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32 |
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33 | </sect2>
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34 |
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35 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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36 |
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37 | <sect3><title>clusterdb</title>
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38 | <para><command>clusterdb</command> is a utility for reclustering tables
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39 | in a <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application>
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40 | database.</para></sect3>
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41 |
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42 | <sect3><title>createdb</title>
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43 | <para><command>createdb</command> creates a new
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44 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> database.</para></sect3>
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45 |
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46 | <sect3><title>createlang</title>
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47 | <para><command>createlang</command> defines a new
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48 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> procedural
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49 | language.</para></sect3>
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50 |
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51 | <sect3><title>createuser</title>
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52 | <para><command>createuser</command> defines a new
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53 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> user account.</para></sect3>
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54 |
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55 | <sect3><title>dropdb</title>
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56 | <para><command>dropdb</command> removes a
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57 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> database.</para></sect3>
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58 |
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59 | <sect3><title>droplang</title>
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60 | <para><command>droplang</command> removes a
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61 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> procedural
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62 | language.</para></sect3>
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63 |
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64 | <sect3><title>dropuser</title>
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65 | <para><command>dropuser</command> removes a
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66 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> user account.</para></sect3>
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67 |
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68 | <sect3><title>ecpg</title>
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69 | <para><command>ecpg</command> is the embedded <acronym>SQL</acronym> preprocessor.</para></sect3>
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70 |
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71 | <sect3><title>initdb</title>
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72 | <para><command>initdb</command> create a new database cluster.</para></sect3>
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73 |
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74 | <sect3><title>initlocation</title>
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75 | <para><command>initlocation</command> creates a secondary database storage
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76 | area.</para></sect3>
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77 |
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78 | <sect3><title>ipcclean</title>
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79 | <para><command>ipcclean</command> removes share memory and semaphores left over by an
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80 | aborted database server.</para></sect3>
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81 |
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82 | <sect3><title>pg_config</title>
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83 | <para><command>pg_config</command> retrieves
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84 | <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> version
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85 | information.</para></sect3>
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86 |
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87 | <sect3><title>pg_controldata</title>
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88 | <para><command>pg_controldata</command> returns information initialized during
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89 | <command>initdb</command>, such as the catalog version and server
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90 | locale.</para></sect3>
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91 |
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92 | <sect3><title>pg_ctl</title>
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93 | <para><command>pg_ctl</command> controls stopping and starting the database
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94 | server.</para></sect3>
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95 |
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96 | <sect3><title>pg_dump</title>
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97 | <para><command>pg_dump</command> dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are
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98 | used to recreate the database.</para></sect3>
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99 |
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100 | <sect3><title>pg_dumpall</title>
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101 | <para><command>pg_dumpall</command> recursively calls
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102 | <command>pg_dump</command> for each database in a
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103 | cluster.</para></sect3>
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104 |
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105 | <sect3><title>pg_resetxlog</title>
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106 | <para><command>pg_resetxlog</command> clears the write-ahead log and optionally resets some
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107 | fields in the <filename>pg_control</filename> file.</para></sect3>
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108 |
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109 | <sect3><title>pg_restore</title>
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110 | <para><command>pg_restore</command> creates databases from dump files created by
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111 | <command>pg_dump</command>.</para></sect3>
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112 |
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113 | <sect3><title>postgres</title>
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114 | <para><command>postgres</command> is a single user database server, generally used for
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115 | debugging.</para></sect3>
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116 |
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117 | <sect3><title>postmaster</title>
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118 | <para><command>postmaster</command> is the multi-user database daemon.</para></sect3>
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119 |
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120 | <sect3><title>psql</title>
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121 | <para><command>psql</command> is a console based database shell.</para></sect3>
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122 |
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123 | <sect3><title>vacuumdb</title>
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124 | <para><command>vacuumdb</command> compacts databases and generates statistics for the
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125 | query analyzer.</para></sect3>
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126 |
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127 | </sect2>
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