Re: script binaries renaming

Michael Glaesemann wrote:
>
> On Jul 7, 2007, at 13:50 , Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.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
>

I use createuser, createdb all the time, as well as createlang from time
to time. I never use the drop versions.


Regards, Dave