Re: [GENERAL] Contrib: Reindex script. - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Contrib: Reindex script.
Date
Msg-id 200206230334.g5N3Y5t11321@candle.pha.pa.us
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Sorry, this is the actual version I applied.

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Shaun Thomas wrote:
> Ok,
>
> As before, this script is basically a vacuumdb for indexes.  I call it
> reindexdb on my own system, and put it in the postgres binary directory
> simply because it's indispensable in my system.
>
> This should be the last one.  Someone complained that assuming that the
> script will reside in the same directory as psql was silly.  That's
> true, though eventually I'd like to see this, or a utility like it,
> included in the official postgres distribution.
>
> The script now uses various tricks to figure out where psql is.
> Starting with path, continuing with the directory the script is in,
> then whereis, and finally locate.  These are arranged in order of speed
> so it can find psql as fast as possible.  Even so, the full iteration
> through all methods takes less than a second.
>
> If your system doesn't have whereis or locate, I've directed output from
> all of these search commands to /dev/null so these tests will simply
> fail if the command is unavailable.
>
> Use, and enjoy.
>
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