Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Daniel Gustafsson
Subject Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system  ("Fred .Flintstone" <eldmannen@gmail.com>)
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Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system
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On Friday, April 12, 2019 2:25 PM, Fred .Flintstone <eldmannen@gmail.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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