Re: rename a cluster

The cluster's "name" is only the file-system's directory path.

You can easily rename this directory, as long as you pass the relevant
directory name to pg_ctl's -D parameter (which tells PostgreSQL which
database "cluster" to use.)

It goes without saying, don't move the directory while PostgreSQL is
running.

Ray Stell wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 06:36:23PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
>> Ray Stell wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a method to rename a cluster?
>>>
>> Clusters don't have names in the first place.
>>
>
> So, from 16.2 "Creating a Database Cluster"
>
> "...you must initialize a database storage area on disk.
> We call this a database cluster."
>
> then, directory = cluster, no?
>
> What I was trying to get at is, is mv of the dir ok or
> is there something else that needs to be considered? Thx.
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