simplest might be psql -l.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Jon Horsman
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 8:13 AM
> To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [SQL] How to query information schema from shell script
>
> In my original email i forgot to mentioned i need to know if the
> database exists or not from the shell script. If it doesn't exist i
> would then create it. Currently i was just creating the db everytime
> our db script is run (since it doesn't hurt the db) but this generates
> the 'db already exists' log and I now have the requirement that the
> users not see that log. ie, don't run createdb if it already exists.
>
> In looking through the postgres docs i can see how to check if a table
> exists but not how a db exists.
>
> Again, thanks for the help.
>
> Jon
