Re: Command names

From: Travis Bauer <trbauer(at)cs(dot)indiana(dot)edu>
To: "Keith L(dot) Musser" <kmusser(at)idisys(dot)com>
Cc: PGSQL-General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Command names
Date: 2000-09-28 16:28:01
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.21.0009281125320.141-100000@ghost.cs.indiana.edu
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It would probably be easy to create a link, or a script called pg_XXX that
executes the command XXX. I'd rather have createdb instead of pg_createdb
just because it's easier to type. A script that creates the pg_ command
names could be written and made available at someone's web site for people
who wanted it.


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Travis Bauer | CS Grad Student | IU |www.cs.indiana.edu/~trbauer
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Keith L. Musser wrote:

> I know all of you are accustomed to the command line interface for pgsql. (Of course, some of you created it!) However, I'd be interested if anyone else feels the way I do....
>
> I would prefer to have a consistent set of names for the commands. For example,
> I propose the following:
>
> Instead of this use this.
> ----------------------------------------------------
> createdb pg_createdb
> createuser pg_createuser
> destroydb pg_destroydb
> initdb pg_initdb
> initlocation pg_initlocation
> pgaccess pg_accessgui
> pgadmin pg_admin
> pg_dump pg_dump
> pg_dumpall pg_dumpall
> postgres pg_single
> postmaster pg_master
> psql pg_access
> vacuumdb pg_vacuumdb
> ??? pg_help (list all these commands)
>
>
> Not that it is terribly difficult the way it is. But I simply think that a consistent set of names would help new users, and help to prevent conflicts with other commands in the PATH. Any comments?
>
> - Keith
>
> Keith L. Musser
> Integrated Dynamics, Inc.
> 812-371-7777
> email: kmusser(at)idisys(dot)com
>
>

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