Re: pg_validatebackup -> pg_verifybackup?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pg_validatebackup -> pg_verifybackup?
Date: 2020-04-12 14:57:59
Message-ID: 15135.1586703479@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 5:51 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> I like this idea so much that I already proposed it in the past[1], so +1.
>>
>> [1] https://postgr.es/m/20160826202911.GA320593@alvherre.pgsql

> Hey, look at that. I think I had some vague recollection of a prior
> proposal, but I couldn't remember exactly who or exactly what had been
> proposed. I do think that pg_ctl is too long a prefix, though. People
> can get used to typing 'pg createdb' instead of 'createdb' but 'pg_ctl
> createdb' seems like too much. At least, it would very very quickly
> cause me to install aliases.

Yeah, I'd be happier with "pg" than "pg_ctl" as well. But it's so
short that I wonder if some other software has already adopted it.

regards, tom lane

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