Re: pg_utility ?

Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>

From: Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>
To: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>
Cc: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-11-21T00:41:54Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
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