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

From Andreas Karlsson
Subject Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system
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Msg-id c2397e32-1397-239c-c5b9-280c026b1cba@proxel.se
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL pollutes the file system  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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On 3/20/19 8:19 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2019-03-20 15:15:02 -0400, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>> If we are evaluating this whole symlink / renaming thing, there could be
>> arguments for a "pgsql" alias to psql (or vice versa), but I don't think
>> "pg_sql" makes any sense and could be fairly confusing.
> 
> I don't care much about createdb etc, but I'm *strongly* against
> renaming psql and/or adding symlinks. That's like 95% of all
> interactions people have with postgres binaries, making that more
> confusing would be an enterily unnecessary self own.

+1 "psql" as a tool for connecting to PostgreSQL is so well established 
that renaming it would just confuse everyone.

Andreas


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