PostgreSQL client programs
PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS).
The base postgresql package contains the client programs that you'll need to
access a PostgreSQL DBMS server, as well as HTML documentation for the whole
system. These client programs can be located on the same machine as the
PostgreSQL server, or on a remote machine that accesses a PostgreSQL server
over a network connection. The PostgreSQL server can be found in the
postgresql-server sub-package.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| clusterdb | cluster a PostgreSQL database |
| createdb | create a new PostgreSQL database |
| createuser | define a new PostgreSQL user account |
| dropdb | remove a PostgreSQL database |
| dropuser | remove a PostgreSQL user account |
| pg_dump | extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file |
| pg_dumpall | extract a PostgreSQL database cluster into a script file |
| pg_isready | check the connection status of a PostgreSQL server |
| pg_restore | restore a PostgreSQL database from an archive file created by pg_dump |
| pg_upgrade | upgrade a PostgreSQL server instance |
| psql | PostgreSQL interactive terminal |
| reindexdb | reindex a PostgreSQL database |
| vacuumdb | garbage-collect and analyze a PostgreSQL database |