Re: pg_utility ? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Darafei "Komяpa" Praliaskouski
Subject Re: pg_utility ?
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In response to Re: pg_utility ?  (Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>)
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On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se> wrote:
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.


For the sake of simpler dictation over voice media when debugging over phone can we please have no underscore in the command, it adds an extra word to say.

Maybe consider:
 - pgdo (pgdo vacuum table ...., as in sudo)
 - pgops (pgops repack table ...)

Thanks,
Darafei.

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