Re: [patch] pg_ctl init extension

On tor, 2009-09-17 at 21:43 +0200, Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> Attached patch extends pg_ctl command with init option. 
> 
> pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgres [-s] init
> 
> This should replace usage of initdb command which has problematic name
> as we already discussed several times. Initdb binary will be still
> there, but it can be renamed and move into execlib dir in the future.

If the name is a problem, why not change the name?  What you are
proposing above is effectively a very elaborate name change, so why not
go for a simpler one?