| From: | Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se> |
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| To: | Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_utility ? |
| Date: | 2025-11-21 00:41:54 |
| Message-ID: | 4d96e62c-fc18-4aa4-b9bd-d4e0c2fd82a3@proxel.se |
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On 11/20/25 10:31 AM, Christoph Berg wrote:
> Re: Andreas Karlsson
>>> Perhaps pg_util? ("pg" is taken by that classic pager thingy.)
>>
>> I like the name pg_util. In the MySQL world it is called mysqladmin, which
>> is a does of pg_ctl and tools like createdb.
>
> "pg_adm" would also be a candidate. (Or is that too close to pgadmin?)
Yeah, that would be way too confusing.
>> Maybe pg_util should only be for tools which connect to PostgreSQL over the
>> TCP (or a unix socket) while the all other tools, which need access to the
>> data directory, should have their own executables?
>
> That would be the idea, yes.
Then I like it!
Andreas
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