Re: script binaries renaming

From: Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: script binaries renaming
Date: 2007-07-07 19:31:57
Message-ID: F85204CB-0ABC-4025-9257-ABA457650A9D@seespotcode.net
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On Jul 7, 2007, at 13:50 , Tom Lane wrote:

> Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
>> Dave Page wrote:
>>> This is almost as bad as Magnus agreeing with JD (!), but I agree
>>> with
>>> Peter :-). After years of typing the current names, changing them
>>> does
>>> seem somewhat annoying. Worse yet, pg_* is just awkward to type.
>
>> But these utilities are mostly using in scripts -> one type, multi
>> use.
>
> According to whom? The ones that are really at issue I think are
> createuser/createlang/dropuser/droplang, and those seem mainly
> intended
> for interactive use. In a script you might as well use psql -c.

I'm curious as to know how often these are used at all. I think I may
have used createuser once and used to use createlang, but I can't
recall ever using the others.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net

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