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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY postgresql-download-http "http://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY postgresql-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY postgresql-md5sum "19d43be679cb0d55363feb8926af3a0f">
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10 | <!ENTITY postgresql-size "19 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY postgresql-buildsize "222 MB (add 34 MB for tests)">
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12 | <!ENTITY postgresql-time "0.7 SBU (with parallelism=4, add 0.1 SBU for tests)">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="postgresql" xreflabel="PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="postgresql.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="postgresql">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to PostgreSQL</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para><application>PostgreSQL</application> is an advanced
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33 | object-relational database management system (ORDBMS), derived
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34 | from the Berkeley Postgres database management system.</para>
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35 |
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36 | &lfs84_checked;
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37 |
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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-http;"/></para>
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42 | </listitem>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-ftp;"/></para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &postgresql-md5sum;</para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download size: &postgresql-size;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &postgresql-buildsize;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Estimated build time: &postgresql-time;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | </itemizedlist>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PostgreSQL Dependencies</bridgehead>
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61 |
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62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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63 | <para role="optional">
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64 | <xref linkend="python2"/>,
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65 | <xref linkend="tcl"/>,
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66 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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67 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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68 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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69 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
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70 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> and
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71 | <ulink url="https://developer.apple.com/bonjour/">Bonjour</ulink>
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72 | </para>
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73 |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (To Regenerate Documentation)</bridgehead>
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75 | <para role="optional">
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76 | <xref linkend="fop"/>,
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77 | <xref linkend="sgml-dtd"/>,
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78 | <xref linkend="docbook-dsssl"/>,
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79 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
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80 | <xref linkend="openjade"/>, and
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81 | <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/>
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82 | </para>
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83 |
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84 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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85 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/postgresql"/></para>
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86 |
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87 | </sect2>
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88 |
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89 | <sect2 role="installation">
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90 | <title>Installation of PostgreSQL</title>
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91 |
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92 | <para>
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93 | For enhanced security, it is better to have a dedicated group and user
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94 | for running the PostgreSQL server. First, issue as the
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95 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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96 | </para>
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97 |
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98 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 41 postgres &&
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99 | useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g postgres -d /srv/pgsql/data \
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100 | -u 41 postgres</userinput></screen>
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101 |
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102 | <note><para>There are several configuration items that add additional
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103 | functionality with optional packages to
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104 | <application>PostgreSQL</application>. Use <userinput>./configure
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105 | --help</userinput> to see a list.</para></note>
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106 |
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107 | <para>Install <application>PostgreSQL</application> with the
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108 | following commands: </para>
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109 |
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110 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR/s@/tmp@/run/postgresql@' src/include/pg_config_manual.h &&
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111 |
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112 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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113 | --enable-thread-safety \
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114 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version; &&
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115 | make</userinput></screen>
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116 |
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117 | <para>There are a number of programs in the
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118 | <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename> directory. If you are going
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119 | to run this installation as a server and wish to build some of them, enter
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120 | <command>make -C contrib</command> or
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121 | <command>make -C contrib/<replaceable><SUBDIR-NAME></replaceable></command> for each subdirectory.
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122 | </para>
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123 |
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124 | <para>Tests must be run as an unprivileged user because they need to start a
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125 | temporary server and this is prevented as the root user. For the same reason,
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126 | you need to stop all PostgreSQL servers if any are running. If a previous
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127 | version of PostgreSQL is installed, it may be necessary to use
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128 | <command>--disable-rpath</command> with <command>configure</command> to
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129 | avoid failures, but <emphasis>installing the binaries created using this
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130 | switch is not recommended</emphasis>. To test the results, issue:
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131 | <command>make check</command>.</para>
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132 |
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133 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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134 |
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135 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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136 | make install-docs</userinput></screen>
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137 |
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138 | <para>If you made any of the <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename>
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139 | programs, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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140 |
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141 | <screen role="nodump/"><userinput>make -C contrib/<replaceable><SUBDIR-NAME></replaceable> install</userinput></screen>
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142 |
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143 | <para><emphasis>If you only intend to use
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144 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> as a client to connect to a server on
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145 | another machine, your installation is complete and you should not run the
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146 | remaining commands.</emphasis></para>
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147 |
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148 | <!-- 'Upgrading' seems to only ever exist in the docs for *previous* version -->
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149 | <!-- Obsolete: only if upgrading for versions prior to 9 <note>
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150 | <para>If you are upgrading an existing system and are going to install
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151 | the new files over the old ones, then you should back up your data, shut
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152 | down the old server and follow the instructions in <ulink
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153 | url="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/install-upgrading.html">the
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154 | official <application>PostgreSQL</application> documentation</ulink>.</para>
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155 | </note>-->
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156 |
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157 | <para>Initialize a database cluster with the following commands issued by the
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158 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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159 |
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160 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm700 /srv/pgsql/data &&
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161 | install -v -dm755 /run/postgresql &&
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162 | chown -Rv postgres:postgres /srv/pgsql /run/postgresql</userinput></screen>
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163 |
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164 | <para>Now, initialize the database as the <systemitem
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165 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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166 |
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167 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/data'</userinput></screen>
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168 |
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169 | </sect2>
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170 |
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171 | <sect2 role="commands">
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172 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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173 |
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174 | <para>
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175 | <command>sed -i ...</command>: This sed changes server socket location
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176 | from <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> to
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177 | <filename class="directory">/run/postgresql</filename><!-- and fix up the
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178 | regression tests to use <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> so
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179 | that they can work reliably-->.
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180 | </para>
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181 |
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182 | <para><parameter>--docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;</parameter>:
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183 | This switch puts the documentation in a versioned directory.</para>
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184 |
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185 | <para><parameter>--enable-thread-safety</parameter>: This switch makes the
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186 | client libraries thread-safe by allowing concurrent threads in
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187 | <filename class="libraryfile">libpq</filename> and ECPG programs to safely
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188 | control their private connection handles.</para>
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189 |
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190 | <para><option>--with-openssl</option>: builds the package with support for
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191 | <application>OpenSSL</application> encrypted connections.</para>
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192 |
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193 | <para><option>--with-perl</option>: builds the PL/Perl server-side language.
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194 | </para>
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195 |
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196 | <para><option>--with-python</option>: builds the PL/Python server-side
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197 | language. Add PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 for Python2 support, otherwise
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198 | Python3 is used by default.</para>
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199 |
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200 | <para><option>--with-tcl</option>: builds the PL/Tcl server-side language.</para>
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201 |
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202 | </sect2>
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203 |
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204 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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205 | <title>Configuring PostgreSQL</title>
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206 |
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207 | <sect3 id="postgresql-config">
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208 | <title>Config Files</title>
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209 |
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210 | <para><filename>$PGDATA/pg_ident.con</filename>,
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211 | <filename>$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf</filename> and
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212 | <filename>$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</filename></para>
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213 |
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214 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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215 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_ident.con">$PGDATA/pg_indent.con</primary>
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216 | </indexterm>
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217 |
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218 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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219 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_hba.conf">$PGDATA/pg_hba_conf</primary>
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220 | </indexterm>
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221 |
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222 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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223 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-postgresql.conf">$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</primary>
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224 | </indexterm>
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225 |
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226 | <para>The <envar>PGDATA</envar> environment variable is used to
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227 | distinguish database clusters from one another by setting it to
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228 | the value of the directory which contains the cluster desired.
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229 | The three configuration files exist in every <filename
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230 | class="directory">PGDATA/</filename> directory. Details on the
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231 | format of the files and the options that can be set in each can
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232 | be found in <ulink
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233 | url="file:///usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;/html/index.html"/>.</para>
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234 |
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235 | </sect3>
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236 |
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237 | <sect3 id="postgresql-init">
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238 | <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
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239 | <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
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240 |
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241 | <para>Install the
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242 | <phrase revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql</filename>
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243 | init script</phrase>
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244 | <phrase revision="systemd"><filename>postgresql.service</filename>
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245 | unit</phrase> included in the
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246 | <xref linkend="bootscripts" revision="sysv"/>
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247 | <xref linkend="systemd-units" revision="systemd"/> package.</para>
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248 |
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249 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-init">
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250 | <primary sortas="f-postgresql">postgresql</primary>
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251 | </indexterm>
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252 |
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253 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-postgresql</userinput></screen>
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254 |
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255 | </sect3>
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256 |
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257 | <sect3>
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258 | <title>Starting the PostgreSQL Server and Creating a Sample Database</title>
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259 |
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260 | <para>
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261 | The database server can be manually started with the following command
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262 | (as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user):
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263 | </para>
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264 |
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265 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/postgres -D /srv/pgsql/data > \
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266 | /srv/pgsql/data/logfile 2>&1 &'</userinput></screen>
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267 | <note>
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268 | <para>
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269 | If you are scripting this part, you should wait for the server to
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270 | start before going on, by adding for example
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271 | <command>sleep 2</command> after the above command.
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272 | </para>
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273 | </note>
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274 |
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275 | <para>
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276 | The instructions below show how to create a database, add a table to
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277 | it, insert some rows into the table and select them, to verify that the
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278 | installation is working properly. Still as user <systemitem
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279 | class="username">root</systemitem>, issue:
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280 | </para>
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281 |
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282 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/createdb test' &&
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283 | echo "create table t1 ( name varchar(20), state_province varchar(20) );" \
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284 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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285 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Billy', 'NewYork');" \
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286 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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287 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Evanidus', 'Quebec');" \
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288 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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289 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Jesse', 'Ontario');" \
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290 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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291 | echo "select * from t1;" | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test')</userinput></screen>
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292 |
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293 | <para>
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294 | When you are done with testing, you can shut down the server, by issuing
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295 | as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:
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296 | </para>
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297 |
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298 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl stop -D /srv/pgsql/data"</userinput></screen>
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299 |
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300 | </sect3>
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301 |
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302 | </sect2>
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303 |
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304 | <sect2 role="content">
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305 | <title>Contents</title>
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306 |
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307 | <segmentedlist>
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308 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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309 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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310 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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311 |
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312 | <seglistitem>
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313 | <seg>
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314 | clusterdb, createdb, createuser, dropdb,
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315 | dropuser, ecpg, initdb, pg_archivecleanup, pg_basebackup, pg_config,
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316 | pg_controldata, pg_ctl, pg_dump, pg_dumpall, pg_isready,
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317 | pg_receivewal, pg_recvlogical, pg_resetwval, pg_restore, pg_rewind,
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318 | pg_test_fsync, pg_test_timing, pg_upgrade, pg_waldump, pgbench,
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319 | postgres, postmaster (deprecated), psql, reindexdb, vacuumdb,
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320 | optionally, if Tcl support has been built, pltcl_delmod,
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321 | pltcl_listmod, pltcl_loadmod, and optionally (in contrib/) oid2name,
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322 | pg_standby, vacuumlo, and many others
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323 |
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324 | </seg>
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325 | <seg>
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326 | libecpg.{so,a}, libecpg_compat.{so,a}, libpgcommon.a, libpgport.a,
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327 | libpgtypes.{so,a}, libpq.{so,a}, various charset modules, and
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328 | optionally programming language modules under /usr/lib/postgresql
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329 | </seg>
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330 | <seg>
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331 | /usr/include/{libpq,postgresql},
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332 | /usr/lib/postgresql,
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333 | /usr/share/{doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;,postgresql}, and
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334 | /srv/pgsql
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335 | </seg>
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336 | </seglistitem>
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337 | </segmentedlist>
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338 |
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339 | <variablelist>
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340 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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341 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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342 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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343 |
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344 | <varlistentry id="clusterdb">
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345 | <term><command>clusterdb</command></term>
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346 | <listitem>
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347 | <para>is a utility for reclustering tables in a
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348 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
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349 | <indexterm zone="postgresql clusterdb">
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350 | <primary sortas="b-clusterdb">clusterdb</primary>
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351 | </indexterm>
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352 | </listitem>
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353 | </varlistentry>
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354 |
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355 | <varlistentry id="createdb">
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356 | <term><command>createdb</command></term>
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357 | <listitem>
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358 | <para> creates a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
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359 | database.</para>
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360 | <indexterm zone="postgresql createdb">
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361 | <primary sortas="b-createdb">createdb</primary>
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362 | </indexterm>
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363 | </listitem>
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364 | </varlistentry>
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365 |
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366 | <!-- <varlistentry id="createlang">
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367 | <term><command>createlang</command></term>
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368 | <listitem>
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369 | <para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
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370 | language.</para>
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371 | <indexterm zone="postgresql createlang">
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372 | <primary sortas="b-createlang">createlang</primary>
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373 | </indexterm>
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374 | </listitem>
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375 | </varlistentry>-->
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376 |
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377 | <varlistentry id="createuser">
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378 | <term><command>createuser</command></term>
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379 | <listitem>
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380 | <para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
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381 | user account.</para>
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382 | <indexterm zone="postgresql createuser">
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383 | <primary sortas="b-createuser">createuser</primary>
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384 | </indexterm>
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385 | </listitem>
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386 | </varlistentry>
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387 |
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388 | <varlistentry id="dropdb">
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389 | <term><command>dropdb</command></term>
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390 | <listitem>
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391 | <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
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392 | <indexterm zone="postgresql dropdb">
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393 | <primary sortas="b-dropdb">dropdb</primary>
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394 | </indexterm>
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395 | </listitem>
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396 | </varlistentry>
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397 |
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398 | <!-- <varlistentry id="droplang">
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399 | <term><command>droplang</command></term>
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400 | <listitem>
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401 | <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
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402 | language.</para>
|
---|
403 | <indexterm zone="postgresql droplang">
|
---|
404 | <primary sortas="b-droplang">droplang</primary>
|
---|
405 | </indexterm>
|
---|
406 | </listitem>
|
---|
407 | </varlistentry> -->
|
---|
408 |
|
---|
409 | <varlistentry id="dropuser">
|
---|
410 | <term><command>dropuser</command></term>
|
---|
411 | <listitem>
|
---|
412 | <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application>
|
---|
413 | user account.</para>
|
---|
414 | <indexterm zone="postgresql dropuser">
|
---|
415 | <primary sortas="b-dropuser">dropuser</primary>
|
---|
416 | </indexterm>
|
---|
417 | </listitem>
|
---|
418 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
419 |
|
---|
420 | <varlistentry id="ecpg">
|
---|
421 | <term><command>ecpg</command></term>
|
---|
422 | <listitem>
|
---|
423 | <para>is the embedded SQL preprocessor.</para>
|
---|
424 | <indexterm zone="postgresql ecpg">
|
---|
425 | <primary sortas="b-ecpg">ecpg</primary>
|
---|
426 | </indexterm>
|
---|
427 | </listitem>
|
---|
428 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
429 |
|
---|
430 | <varlistentry id="initdb">
|
---|
431 | <term><command>initdb</command></term>
|
---|
432 | <listitem>
|
---|
433 | <para>creates a new database cluster.</para>
|
---|
434 | <indexterm zone="postgresql initdb">
|
---|
435 | <primary sortas="b-initdb">initdb</primary>
|
---|
436 | </indexterm>
|
---|
437 | </listitem>
|
---|
438 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
439 |
|
---|
440 | <varlistentry id="oid2name">
|
---|
441 | <term><command>oid2name</command></term>
|
---|
442 | <listitem>
|
---|
443 | <para>resolves OIDs (Object IDs) and file nodes in a PostgreSQL data
|
---|
444 | directory.</para>
|
---|
445 | <indexterm zone="postgresql oid2name">
|
---|
446 | <primary sortas="b-oid2name">oid2name</primary>
|
---|
447 | </indexterm>
|
---|
448 | </listitem>
|
---|
449 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
450 |
|
---|
451 | <varlistentry id="pg_archivecleanup">
|
---|
452 | <term><command>pg_archivecleanup</command></term>
|
---|
453 | <listitem>
|
---|
454 | <para>cleans up PostgreSQL WAL (write-ahead log) archive files.</para>
|
---|
455 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_archivecleanup">
|
---|
456 | <primary sortas="b-pg_archivecleanup">pg_archivecleanup</primary>
|
---|
457 | </indexterm>
|
---|
458 | </listitem>
|
---|
459 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
460 |
|
---|
461 | <varlistentry id="pg_basebackup">
|
---|
462 | <term><command>pg_basebackup</command></term>
|
---|
463 | <listitem>
|
---|
464 | <para>takes base backups of a running
|
---|
465 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> cluster.</para>
|
---|
466 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_basebackup">
|
---|
467 | <primary sortas="b-pg_basebackup">pg_basebackup</primary>
|
---|
468 | </indexterm>
|
---|
469 | </listitem>
|
---|
470 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
471 |
|
---|
472 | <varlistentry id="pg_config">
|
---|
473 | <term><command>pg_config</command></term>
|
---|
474 | <listitem>
|
---|
475 | <para>retrieves <application>PostgreSQL</application> version
|
---|
476 | information.</para>
|
---|
477 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_config">
|
---|
478 | <primary sortas="b-pg_config">pg_config</primary>
|
---|
479 | </indexterm>
|
---|
480 | </listitem>
|
---|
481 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
482 |
|
---|
483 | <varlistentry id="pg_controldata">
|
---|
484 | <term><command>pg_controldata</command></term>
|
---|
485 | <listitem>
|
---|
486 | <para>returns information initialized during
|
---|
487 | <command>initdb</command>, such as the catalog version and server
|
---|
488 | locale.</para>
|
---|
489 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_controldata">
|
---|
490 | <primary sortas="b-pg_controldata">pg_controldata</primary>
|
---|
491 | </indexterm>
|
---|
492 | </listitem>
|
---|
493 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
494 |
|
---|
495 | <varlistentry id="pg_ctl">
|
---|
496 | <term><command>pg_ctl</command></term>
|
---|
497 | <listitem>
|
---|
498 | <para>controls stopping and starting the database server.</para>
|
---|
499 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_ctl">
|
---|
500 | <primary sortas="b-pg_ctl">pg_ctl</primary>
|
---|
501 | </indexterm>
|
---|
502 | </listitem>
|
---|
503 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
504 |
|
---|
505 | <varlistentry id="pg_dump">
|
---|
506 | <term><command>pg_dump</command></term>
|
---|
507 | <listitem>
|
---|
508 | <para>dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are used
|
---|
509 | to recreate the database.</para>
|
---|
510 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dump">
|
---|
511 | <primary sortas="b-pg_dump">pg_dump</primary>
|
---|
512 | </indexterm>
|
---|
513 | </listitem>
|
---|
514 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
515 |
|
---|
516 | <varlistentry id="pg_dumpall">
|
---|
517 | <term><command>pg_dumpall</command></term>
|
---|
518 | <listitem>
|
---|
519 | <para>recursively calls <command>pg_dump</command> for each
|
---|
520 | database in a cluster.</para>
|
---|
521 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dumpall">
|
---|
522 | <primary sortas="b-pg_dumpall">pg_dumpall</primary>
|
---|
523 | </indexterm>
|
---|
524 | </listitem>
|
---|
525 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
526 |
|
---|
527 | <varlistentry id="pg_isready">
|
---|
528 | <term><command>pg_isready</command></term>
|
---|
529 | <listitem>
|
---|
530 | <para>check the connection status of a PostgreSQL server.</para>
|
---|
531 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_isready">
|
---|
532 | <primary sortas="b-pg_isready">pg_isready</primary>
|
---|
533 | </indexterm>
|
---|
534 | </listitem>
|
---|
535 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
536 |
|
---|
537 | <varlistentry id="pg_receivewal">
|
---|
538 | <term><command>pg_receivewal</command></term>
|
---|
539 | <listitem>
|
---|
540 | <para>
|
---|
541 | is used to stream write-ahead logs from a PostgreSQL server.
|
---|
542 | </para>
|
---|
543 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_receivewal">
|
---|
544 | <primary sortas="b-pg_receivewal">pg_receivewal</primary>
|
---|
545 | </indexterm>
|
---|
546 | </listitem>
|
---|
547 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
548 |
|
---|
549 | <varlistentry id="pg_recvlogical">
|
---|
550 | <term><command>pg_recvlogical</command></term>
|
---|
551 | <listitem>
|
---|
552 | <para>controls PostgreSQL logical decoding streams.</para>
|
---|
553 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_recvlogical">
|
---|
554 | <primary sortas="b-pg_recvlogical">pg_recvlogical</primary>
|
---|
555 | </indexterm>
|
---|
556 | </listitem>
|
---|
557 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
558 |
|
---|
559 | <varlistentry id="pg_resetwal">
|
---|
560 | <term><command>pg_resetwal</command></term>
|
---|
561 | <listitem>
|
---|
562 | <para>resets the write-ahead log and other control information
|
---|
563 | of a PostgreSQL database cluseter.</para>
|
---|
564 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_resetwal">
|
---|
565 | <primary sortas="b-pg_resetwal">pg_resetwal</primary>
|
---|
566 | </indexterm>
|
---|
567 | </listitem>
|
---|
568 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
569 |
|
---|
570 | <varlistentry id="pg_restore">
|
---|
571 | <term><command>pg_restore</command></term>
|
---|
572 | <listitem>
|
---|
573 | <para>creates databases from dump files created by
|
---|
574 | <command>pg_dump</command>.</para>
|
---|
575 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_restore">
|
---|
576 | <primary sortas="b-pg_restore">pg_restore</primary>
|
---|
577 | </indexterm>
|
---|
578 | </listitem>
|
---|
579 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
580 |
|
---|
581 | <varlistentry id="pg_rewind">
|
---|
582 | <term><command>pg_rewind</command></term>
|
---|
583 | <listitem>
|
---|
584 | <para>synchronizes a PostgreSQL data directory with another data
|
---|
585 | directory that was forked from the first one.</para>
|
---|
586 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_rewind">
|
---|
587 | <primary sortas="b-pg_rewind">pg_rewind</primary>
|
---|
588 | </indexterm>
|
---|
589 | </listitem>
|
---|
590 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
591 |
|
---|
592 | <varlistentry id="pg_standby">
|
---|
593 | <term><command>pg_standby</command></term>
|
---|
594 | <listitem>
|
---|
595 | <para>supports the creation of a PostgreSQL warm standby
|
---|
596 | server.</para>
|
---|
597 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_standby">
|
---|
598 | <primary sortas="b-pg_standby">pg_standby</primary>
|
---|
599 | </indexterm>
|
---|
600 | </listitem>
|
---|
601 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
602 |
|
---|
603 | <varlistentry id="pg_test_fsync">
|
---|
604 | <term><command>pg_test_fsync</command></term>
|
---|
605 | <listitem>
|
---|
606 | <para>determine fastest wal_sync method for PostgreSQL.</para>
|
---|
607 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_fsync">
|
---|
608 | <primary sortas="b-pg_test_fsync">pg_test_fsync</primary>
|
---|
609 | </indexterm>
|
---|
610 | </listitem>
|
---|
611 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
612 |
|
---|
613 | <varlistentry id="pg_test_timing">
|
---|
614 | <term><command>pg_test_timing</command></term>
|
---|
615 | <listitem>
|
---|
616 | <para>measure timing overhead.</para>
|
---|
617 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_timing">
|
---|
618 | <primary sortas="b-pg_test_timing">pg_test_timing</primary>
|
---|
619 | </indexterm>
|
---|
620 | </listitem>
|
---|
621 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
622 |
|
---|
623 | <varlistentry id="pg_upgrade">
|
---|
624 | <term><command>pg_upgrade</command></term>
|
---|
625 | <listitem>
|
---|
626 | <para>upgrade a PostgreSQL server instance.</para>
|
---|
627 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_upgrade">
|
---|
628 | <primary sortas="b-pg_upgrade">pg_upgrade</primary>
|
---|
629 | </indexterm>
|
---|
630 | </listitem>
|
---|
631 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
632 |
|
---|
633 | <varlistentry id="pg_waldump">
|
---|
634 | <term><command>pg_waldump</command></term>
|
---|
635 | <listitem>
|
---|
636 | <para>display a human-readable rendering of the write-ahead log of a
|
---|
637 | PostgreSQL database cluster.</para>
|
---|
638 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_waldump">
|
---|
639 | <primary sortas="b-pg_waldump">pg_waldump</primary>
|
---|
640 | </indexterm>
|
---|
641 | </listitem>
|
---|
642 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
643 |
|
---|
644 | <varlistentry id="pgbench">
|
---|
645 | <term><command>pgbench</command></term>
|
---|
646 | <listitem>
|
---|
647 | <para>run a benchmark test on PostgreSQL.</para>
|
---|
648 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pgbench">
|
---|
649 | <primary sortas="b-pgbench">pgbench</primary>
|
---|
650 | </indexterm>
|
---|
651 | </listitem>
|
---|
652 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
653 |
|
---|
654 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_delmod">
|
---|
655 | <term><command>pltcl_delmod</command></term>
|
---|
656 | <listitem>
|
---|
657 | <para>is a support script used to delete a module from a
|
---|
658 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
---|
659 | requires the <ulink
|
---|
660 | url="http://flightaware.github.io/Pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
---|
661 | package to be installed also.</para>
|
---|
662 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_delmod">
|
---|
663 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_delmod">pltcl_delmod</primary>
|
---|
664 | </indexterm>
|
---|
665 | </listitem>
|
---|
666 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
667 |
|
---|
668 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_listmod">
|
---|
669 | <term><command>pltcl_listmod</command></term>
|
---|
670 | <listitem>
|
---|
671 | <para>is a support script used to list the modules in a
|
---|
672 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
---|
673 | requires the <ulink
|
---|
674 | url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
---|
675 | package to be installed also.</para>
|
---|
676 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_listmod">
|
---|
677 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_listmod">pltcl_listmod</primary>
|
---|
678 | </indexterm>
|
---|
679 | </listitem>
|
---|
680 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
681 |
|
---|
682 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_loadmod">
|
---|
683 | <term><command>pltcl_loadmod</command></term>
|
---|
684 | <listitem>
|
---|
685 | <para>is a support script used to load a module into a
|
---|
686 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
---|
687 | requires the <ulink
|
---|
688 | url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
---|
689 | package to be installed also.</para>
|
---|
690 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_loadmod">
|
---|
691 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_loadmod">pltcl_loadmod</primary>
|
---|
692 | </indexterm>
|
---|
693 | </listitem>
|
---|
694 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
695 |
|
---|
696 | <varlistentry id="postgres">
|
---|
697 | <term><command>postgres</command></term>
|
---|
698 | <listitem>
|
---|
699 | <para>is the PostgreSQL database server.</para>
|
---|
700 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgres">
|
---|
701 | <primary sortas="b-postgres">postgres</primary>
|
---|
702 | </indexterm>
|
---|
703 | </listitem>
|
---|
704 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
705 |
|
---|
706 | <varlistentry id="postmaster">
|
---|
707 | <term><command>postmaster</command></term>
|
---|
708 | <listitem>
|
---|
709 | <para>(deprecated, a symlink to <command>postgres</command>) is a
|
---|
710 | multi-user database daemon.</para>
|
---|
711 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postmaster">
|
---|
712 | <primary sortas="b-postmaster">postmaster</primary>
|
---|
713 | </indexterm>
|
---|
714 | </listitem>
|
---|
715 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
716 |
|
---|
717 | <varlistentry id="psql">
|
---|
718 | <term><command>psql</command></term>
|
---|
719 | <listitem>
|
---|
720 | <para>is a console based database shell.</para>
|
---|
721 | <indexterm zone="postgresql psql">
|
---|
722 | <primary sortas="b-psql">psql</primary>
|
---|
723 | </indexterm>
|
---|
724 | </listitem>
|
---|
725 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
726 |
|
---|
727 | <varlistentry id="reindexdb">
|
---|
728 | <term><command>reindexdb</command></term>
|
---|
729 | <listitem>
|
---|
730 | <para>is a utility for rebuilding indexes in a database.</para>
|
---|
731 | <indexterm zone="postgresql reindexdb">
|
---|
732 | <primary sortas="b-reindexdb">reindexdb</primary>
|
---|
733 | </indexterm>
|
---|
734 | </listitem>
|
---|
735 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
736 |
|
---|
737 | <varlistentry id="vacuumdb">
|
---|
738 | <term><command>vacuumdb</command></term>
|
---|
739 | <listitem>
|
---|
740 | <para>compacts databases and generates statistics for the query
|
---|
741 | analyzer.</para>
|
---|
742 | <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumdb">
|
---|
743 | <primary sortas="b-vacuumdb">vacuumdb</primary>
|
---|
744 | </indexterm>
|
---|
745 | </listitem>
|
---|
746 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
747 |
|
---|
748 | <varlistentry id="vacuumlo">
|
---|
749 | <term><command>vacuumlo</command></term>
|
---|
750 | <listitem>
|
---|
751 | <para>remove orphaned large objects from a PostgreSQL database.</para>
|
---|
752 | <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumlo">
|
---|
753 | <primary sortas="b-vacuumlo">vacuumlo</primary>
|
---|
754 | </indexterm>
|
---|
755 | </listitem>
|
---|
756 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
757 |
|
---|
758 | <varlistentry id="libecpg">
|
---|
759 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
---|
760 | <listitem>
|
---|
761 | <para>contains functions to support embedded SQL in C programs.</para>
|
---|
762 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg">
|
---|
763 | <primary sortas="c-libecpg">libecpg.{so,a}</primary>
|
---|
764 | </indexterm>
|
---|
765 | </listitem>
|
---|
766 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
767 |
|
---|
768 | <varlistentry id="libecpg_compat">
|
---|
769 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg_compat.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
---|
770 | <listitem>
|
---|
771 | <para>is the ecpg compatibility library.</para>
|
---|
772 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg_compat">
|
---|
773 | <primary sortas="c-libecpg_compat">libecpg_compat.{so,a}</primary>
|
---|
774 | </indexterm>
|
---|
775 | </listitem>
|
---|
776 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
777 |
|
---|
778 | <varlistentry id="libgport">
|
---|
779 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgport.a</filename></term>
|
---|
780 | <listitem>
|
---|
781 | <para>is the port-specific subsystem of the Postgres backend.</para>
|
---|
782 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libgport">
|
---|
783 | <primary sortas="c-libgport">libgport.a</primary>
|
---|
784 | </indexterm>
|
---|
785 | </listitem>
|
---|
786 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
787 |
|
---|
788 | <varlistentry id="libpgtypes">
|
---|
789 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpgtypes.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
---|
790 | <listitem>
|
---|
791 | <para>contains functions for dealing with Postgres data types.</para>
|
---|
792 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libpgtypes">
|
---|
793 | <primary sortas="c-libpgtypes">libpgtypes.{so,a}</primary>
|
---|
794 | </indexterm>
|
---|
795 | </listitem>
|
---|
796 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
797 |
|
---|
798 | <varlistentry id="libpq">
|
---|
799 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpq.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
---|
800 | <listitem>
|
---|
801 | <para>is the C programmer's API to Postgres.</para>
|
---|
802 | <indexterm zone="postgresql libpq">
|
---|
803 | <primary sortas="c-libpq">libpq.{so,a}</primary>
|
---|
804 | </indexterm>
|
---|
805 | </listitem>
|
---|
806 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
807 |
|
---|
808 | </variablelist>
|
---|
809 |
|
---|
810 | </sect2>
|
---|
811 |
|
---|
812 | </sect1>
|
---|