II. PostgreSQL Client Applications
This part contains reference information for
PostgreSQL
client applications and utilities. Not all of these commands are of general utility, some may require special privileges. The common feature of these applications is that they can be run on any host, independent of where the database server resides.
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clusterdb
-- cluster a
PostgreSQL
database
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createdb
-- create a new
PostgreSQL
database
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createlang
-- define a new
PostgreSQL
procedural language
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createuser
-- define a new
PostgreSQL
user account
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dropdb
-- remove a
PostgreSQL
database
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droplang
-- remove a
PostgreSQL
procedural language
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dropuser
-- remove a
PostgreSQL
user account
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ecpg
-- embedded SQL C preprocessor
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pg_config
-- retrieve information about the installed version of
PostgreSQL
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pg_dump
-- extract a
PostgreSQL
database into a script file or other archive file
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pg_dumpall
-- extract a
PostgreSQL
database cluster into a script file
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pg_restore
-- restore a
PostgreSQL
database from an archive file created by pg_dump
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psql
--
PostgreSQL
interactive terminal
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reindexdb
-- reindex a
PostgreSQL
database
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vacuumdb
-- garbage-collect and analyze a
PostgreSQL
database