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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!ENTITY postgresql-download-http "http://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY postgresql-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY postgresql-md5sum "2cf30f50099ff1109d0aa517408f8eff">
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<!ENTITY postgresql-size "17 MB">
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<!ENTITY postgresql-buildsize "191 MB (additional 6 MB to run the testsuite)">
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<!ENTITY postgresql-time "1.5 SBU (additional 0.2 SBU to run the testsuite)">
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]>
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<sect1 id="postgresql" xreflabel="PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;">
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<?dbhtml filename="postgresql.html"?>
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<sect1info>
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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</sect1info>
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<title>PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql">
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<primary sortas="a-PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title>Introduction to PostgreSQL</title>
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<para><application>PostgreSQL</application> is an advanced
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object-relational database management system (ORDBMS), derived
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from the Berkeley Postgres database management system.</para>
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&lfs77_checked;
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-http;"/></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-ftp;"/></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download MD5 sum: &postgresql-md5sum;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download size: &postgresql-size;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Estimated disk space required: &postgresql-buildsize;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Estimated build time: &postgresql-time;</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">PostgreSQL Dependencies</bridgehead>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional">
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<xref linkend="python2"/>,
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<xref linkend="tcl"/>,
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<xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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<xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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<xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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<xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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<xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
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<xref linkend="mitkrb"/> and
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<ulink url="http://developer.apple.com/networking/bonjour/">Bonjour</ulink>
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</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (To Regenerate Documentation)</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional">
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<xref linkend="sgml-dtd"/>,
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<xref linkend="docbook-dsssl"/>,
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<xref linkend="openjade"/>, and
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<xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/>
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</para>
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<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/postgresql"/></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of PostgreSQL</title>
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<para>Install <application>PostgreSQL</application> with the
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following commands: </para>
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<!--sed -i -e 's@psql\\"@& -h /tmp@' src/test/regress/pg_regress{,_main}.c &&
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sed -i -e 's@gres\\"@& -k /tmp@' src/test/regress/pg_regress.c &&-->
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<screen><userinput>sed -i '/DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR/s@/tmp@/run/postgresql@' src/include/pg_config_manual.h &&
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./configure --prefix=/usr \
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--enable-thread-safety \
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--docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version; &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para>There are a number of programs in the
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<filename class="directory">contrib/</filename> directory. If you are going
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to run this installation as a server and wish to build some of them, enter
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<command>make -C contrib</command> or
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<command>make -C contrib/<replaceable><SUBDIR-NAME></replaceable></command> for each subdirectory.
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</para>
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<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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make install-docs</userinput></screen>
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<para>If you made any of the <filename class="directory">contrib/</filename>
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programs, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="nodump/"><userinput>make -C contrib/<replaceable><SUBDIR-NAME></replaceable> install</userinput></screen>
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<warning>
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<para>This package contains a known security hole that allows other
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users on the same machine to gain access to an operating system account
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while it is doing "make check": CVE-2014-0067. Tests must be run after
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install, with postgresql server down, as unprivileged user.</para>
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</warning>
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<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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<para><emphasis>If you only intend to use <application>PostgreSQL</application>
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as a client to connect to a server on another machine, your installation is
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complete and you should not run the remaining commands.</emphasis></para>
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<!-- 'Upgrading' seems to only ever exist in the docs for *previous* version -->
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<!-- Obsolete: only if upgrading for versions prior to 9 <note>
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<para>If you are upgrading an existing system and are going to install
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the new files over the old ones, then you should back up your data, shut
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down the old server and follow the instructions in <ulink
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url="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/install-upgrading.html">the
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official <application>PostgreSQL</application> documentation</ulink>.</para>
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</note>-->
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<para>Initialize a database cluster with the following commands issued by the
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<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm700 /srv/pgsql/data &&
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install -v -dm755 /run/postgresql &&
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groupadd -g 41 postgres &&
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useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g postgres -d /srv/pgsql/data \
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-u 41 postgres &&
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chown -Rv postgres:postgres /srv/pgsql /run/postgresql &&
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su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/data'</userinput></screen>
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<para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, start the
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database server with the following command:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/postmaster -D /srv/pgsql/data > \
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/srv/pgsql/data/logfile 2>&1 &'</userinput></screen>
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<para>Still as user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, create
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a database and verify the installation:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/createdb test' &&
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echo "create table t1 ( name varchar(20), state_province varchar(20) );" \
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echo "insert into t1 values ('Billy', 'NewYork');" \
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echo "insert into t1 values ('Evanidus', 'Quebec');" \
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echo "insert into t1 values ('Jesse', 'Ontario');" \
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echo "select * from t1;" | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test')</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="commands">
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<title>Command Explanations</title>
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<para>
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<command>sed -i ...</command>: This sed changes server socket location
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from <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> to
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<filename class="directory">/run/postgresql</filename><!-- and fix up the
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regression tests to use <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> so
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that they can work reliably-->.
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</para>
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<para><parameter>--docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;</parameter>:
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This switch puts the documentation in a versioned directory.</para>
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<para><parameter>--enable-thread-safety</parameter>: This switch makes the
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client libraries thread-safe by allowing concurrent threads in
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<filename class="libraryfile">libpq</filename> and ECPG programs to safely
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control their private connection handles.</para>
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<para><option>--with-openssl</option>: build with support for
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<application>OpenSSL</application> encrypted connections.</para>
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<para><option>--with-perl</option>: build the PL/Perl server-side language.
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</para>
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<para><option>--with-python</option>: build the PL/Python server-side
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language.</para>
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<para><option>--with-tcl</option>: build the PL/Tcl server-side language.</para>
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<para><command>groupadd ...</command>; <command>useradd ...</command>:
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These commands add an unprivileged user and group to run the database
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server.</para>
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<para><command>createdb test; create table t1; insert into t1 values...;
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select * from t1</command>: Create a database, add a table to it, insert
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some rows into the table and select them to verify that the installation
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is working properly.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="configuration">
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<title>Configuring PostgreSQL</title>
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<sect3 id="postgresql-config">
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<title>Config Files</title>
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<para><filename>$PGDATA/pg_ident.con</filename>,
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<filename>$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf</filename> and
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<filename>$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</filename></para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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<primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_ident.con">$PGDATA/pg_indent.con</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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<primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_hba.conf">$PGDATA/pg_hba_conf</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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<primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-postgresql.conf">$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>The <envar>PGDATA</envar> environment variable is used to
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distinguish database clusters from one another by setting it to
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the value of the directory which contains the cluster desired.
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The three configuration files exist in every <filename
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class="directory">PGDATA/</filename> directory. Details on the
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format of the files and the options that can be set in each can
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be found in <ulink
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url="file:///usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;/html/index.html"/>.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="postgresql-init">
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<title>Boot Script</title>
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<para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql</filename>
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init script included in the
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<xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-init">
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<primary sortas="f-postgresql">postgresql</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-postgresql</userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="content">
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<title>Contents</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>clusterdb, createdb, createlang, createuser, dropdb, droplang,
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dropuser, ecpg, initdb, pg_basebackup, pg_config, pg_controldata,
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pg_ctl, pg_dump, pg_dumpall, pg_isready, pg_receivexlog,
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pg_recvlogical, pg_resetxlog, pg_restore, pltcl_delmod, pltcl_listmod,
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pltcl_loadmod, postgres, postmaster (symlink), psql, reindexdb,
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vacuumdb, and optionally (in contrib/) oid2name, pg_archivecleanup,
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pgbench, pg_standby, pg_test_fsync, pg_test_timing, pg_upgrade,
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pg_xlogdump, vacuumlo, and many others</seg>
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<seg>libecpg.{so,a}, libecpg_compat.{so,a}, libpgcommon.a, libpgport.a,
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libpgtypes.{so,a}, libpq.{so,a}, various charset modules, and
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optionally programming language modules under /usr/lib/postgresql</seg>
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<seg>/srv/pgsql, /usr/include/libpq, /usr/include/postgresql,
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/usr/lib/postgresql, /usr/share/doc/postgresql-&postgresql-version;, and
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/usr/share/postgresql</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="clusterdb">
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<term><command>clusterdb</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>is a utility for reclustering tables in a
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<application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql clusterdb">
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<primary sortas="b-clusterdb">clusterdb</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="createdb">
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<term><command>createdb</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para> creates a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
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database.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql createdb">
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<primary sortas="b-createdb">createdb</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="createlang">
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<term><command>createlang</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
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language.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql createlang">
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<primary sortas="b-createlang">createlang</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="createuser">
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<term><command>createuser</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
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user account.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql createuser">
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<primary sortas="b-createuser">createuser</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="dropdb">
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<term><command>dropdb</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql dropdb">
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<primary sortas="b-dropdb">dropdb</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="droplang">
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<term><command>droplang</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
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language.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql droplang">
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<primary sortas="b-droplang">droplang</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="dropuser">
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<term><command>dropuser</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application>
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user account.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql dropuser">
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<primary sortas="b-dropuser">dropuser</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="ecpg">
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<term><command>ecpg</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>is the embedded SQL preprocessor.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql ecpg">
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<primary sortas="b-ecpg">ecpg</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="initdb">
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<term><command>initdb</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>creates a new database cluster.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql initdb">
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<primary sortas="b-initdb">initdb</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="oid2name">
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<term><command>oid2name</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>resolves OIDs (Object IDs) and file nodes in a PostgreSQL data
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directory.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql oid2name">
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<primary sortas="b-oid2name">oid2name</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_archivecleanup">
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<term><command>pg_archivecleanup</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>clean up PostgreSQL WAL (write-ahead log) archive files.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_archivecleanup">
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<primary sortas="b-pg_archivecleanup">pg_archivecleanup</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_basebackup">
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<term><command>pg_basebackup</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>takes base backups of a running
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<application>PostgreSQL</application> cluster.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_basebackup">
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<primary sortas="b-pg_basebackup">pg_basebackup</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_config">
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<term><command>pg_config</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>retrieves <application>PostgreSQL</application> version
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information.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_config">
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<primary sortas="b-pg_config">pg_config</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_controldata">
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<term><command>pg_controldata</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>returns information initialized during
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<command>initdb</command>, such as the catalog version and server
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locale.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_controldata">
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<primary sortas="b-pg_controldata">pg_controldata</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_ctl">
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<term><command>pg_ctl</command></term>
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<listitem>
|
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<para>controls stopping and starting the database server.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_ctl">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_ctl">pg_ctl</primary>
|
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</indexterm>
|
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</listitem>
|
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_dump">
|
|
<term><command>pg_dump</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are used
|
|
to recreate the database.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dump">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_dump">pg_dump</primary>
|
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</indexterm>
|
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</listitem>
|
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_dumpall">
|
|
<term><command>pg_dumpall</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>recursively calls <command>pg_dump</command> for each
|
|
database in a cluster.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dumpall">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_dumpall">pg_dumpall</primary>
|
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</indexterm>
|
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</listitem>
|
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</varlistentry>
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|
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<varlistentry id="pg_isready">
|
|
<term><command>pg_isready</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>check the connection status of a PostgreSQL server.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_isready">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_isready">pg_isready</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
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</varlistentry>
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|
|
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<varlistentry id="pg_recvlogical">
|
|
<term><command>pg_recvlogical</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>controls PostgreSQL logical decoding streams.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_recvlogical">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_recvlogical">pg_recvlogical</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
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</varlistentry>
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|
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<varlistentry id="pg_resetxlog">
|
|
<term><command>pg_resetxlog</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>clears the write-ahead log and optionally resets some
|
|
fields in the <filename>pg_control</filename> file.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_resetxlog">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_resetxlog">pg_resetxlog</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="pg_restore">
|
|
<term><command>pg_restore</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>creates databases from dump files created by
|
|
<command>pg_dump</command>.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_restore">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_restore">pg_restore</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="pg_standby">
|
|
<term><command>pg_standby</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>supports the creation of a PostgreSQL warm standby
|
|
server.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_standby">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_standby">pg_standby</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="pg_test_fsync">
|
|
<term><command>pg_test_fsync</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>determine fastest wal_sync method for PostgreSQL.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_fsync">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_test_fsync">pg_test_fsync</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="pg_test_timing">
|
|
<term><command>pg_test_timing</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>measure timing overhead.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_test_timing">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_test_timing">pg_test_timing</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="pg_upgrade">
|
|
<term><command>pg_upgrade</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>upgrade a PostgreSQL server instance.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_upgrade">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_upgrade">pg_upgrade</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="pg_xlogdump">
|
|
<term><command>pg_xlogdump</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>display a human-readable rendering of the write-ahead log of a
|
|
PostgreSQL database cluster.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_xlogdump">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pg_xlogdump">pg_xlogdump</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="pgbench">
|
|
<term><command>pgbench</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>run a benchmark test on PostgreSQL.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pgbench">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pgbench">pgbench</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="pltcl_delmod">
|
|
<term><command>pltcl_delmod</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>is a support script used to delete a module from a
|
|
PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
|
requires the <ulink
|
|
url="http://flightaware.github.io/Pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
|
package to be installed also.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_delmod">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pltcl_delmod">pltcl_delmod</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="pltcl_listmod">
|
|
<term><command>pltcl_listmod</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>is a support script used to list the modules in a
|
|
PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
|
requires the <ulink
|
|
url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
|
package to be installed also.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_listmod">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pltcl_listmod">pltcl_listmod</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="pltcl_loadmod">
|
|
<term><command>pltcl_loadmod</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>is a support script used to load a module into a
|
|
PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
|
requires the <ulink
|
|
url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
|
package to be installed also.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_loadmod">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-pltcl_loadmod">pltcl_loadmod</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="postgres">
|
|
<term><command>postgres</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>is a single user database server, generally used for
|
|
debugging.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql postgres">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-postgres">postgres</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="postmaster">
|
|
<term><command>postmaster</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>(a symlink to <command>postgres</command>) is a multi-user
|
|
database daemon.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql postmaster">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-postmaster">postmaster</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="psql">
|
|
<term><command>psql</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>is a console based database shell.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql psql">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-psql">psql</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="reindexdb">
|
|
<term><command>reindexdb</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>is a utility for rebuilding indexes in a database.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql reindexdb">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-reindexdb">reindexdb</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="vacuumdb">
|
|
<term><command>vacuumdb</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>compacts databases and generates statistics for the query
|
|
analyzer.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumdb">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-vacuumdb">vacuumdb</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="vacuumlo">
|
|
<term><command>vacuumlo</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>remove orphaned large objects from a PostgreSQL database.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumlo">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-vacuumlo">vacuumlo</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libecpg">
|
|
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>contains functions to support embedded SQL in C programs.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg">
|
|
<primary sortas="c-libecpg">libecpg.{so,a}</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libecpg_compat">
|
|
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libecpg_compat.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>is the ecpg compatibility library.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql libecpg_compat">
|
|
<primary sortas="c-libecpg_compat">libecpg_compat.{so,a}</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libgport">
|
|
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgport.a</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>is the port-specific subsystem of the Postgres backend.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql libgport">
|
|
<primary sortas="c-libgport">libgport.a</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libpgtypes">
|
|
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpgtypes.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>contains functions for dealing with Postgres data types.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql libpgtypes">
|
|
<primary sortas="c-libpgtypes">libpgtypes.{so,a}</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="libpq">
|
|
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpq.{so,a}</filename></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>is the C programmer's API to Postgres.</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="postgresql libpq">
|
|
<primary sortas="c-libpq">libpq.{so,a}</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|