Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: "Fred (dot)Flintstone" <eldmannen(at)gmail(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system
Date: 2019-04-12 12:56:26
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On Friday, April 12, 2019 2:25 PM, Fred .Flintstone <eldmannen(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> It would make the old commands more easily discoverable. Just type pg_
> and press the tab key for auto-completion.

There are many good reasons for the changes proposed in this thread, but I'm
not sure if discoverability is one. Relying on autocompleting a filename to
figure out existing tooling for database maintenance and DBA type operations
seems like a fragile usecase.

If commandline discoverability is of importance, providing a summary of the
tools in "man postgresql" seems like a better option.

cheers ./daniel

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