diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
index 343a0c27d7..dc500a6e70 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 #
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/Attic/initdb.sh,v 1.112 2000/11/09 11:26:00 vadim Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/Attic/initdb.sh,v 1.113 2000/11/11 22:59:46 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@
 
 exit_nicely(){
     stty echo > /dev/null 2>&1
-    echo
-    echo "$CMDNAME failed."
+    echo 1>&2
+    echo "$CMDNAME failed." 1>&2
     if [ "$noclean" != yes ]; then
         if [ "$template_only" != yes ] && [ "$made_new_pgdata" = yes ]; then
-            echo "Removing $PGDATA."
-            rm -rf "$PGDATA" || echo "Failed."
+            echo "Removing $PGDATA." 1>&2
+            rm -rf "$PGDATA" || echo "Failed." 1>&2
         fi
-        echo "Removing temp file $TEMPFILE."
-        rm -rf "$TEMPFILE" || echo "Failed."
+        echo "Removing temp file $TEMPFILE." 1>&2
+        rm -rf "$TEMPFILE" || echo "Failed." 1>&2
     else
-        echo "Data directory $PGDATA will not be removed at user's request."
+        echo "Data directory $PGDATA will not be removed at user's request." 1>&2
     fi
     exit 1
 }
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ elif [ -x "$bindir/postgres" ]; then
     then
         PGPATH=$bindir
     else
-        echo "The program '$bindir/postgres' needed by $CMDNAME does not belong to"
-        echo "PostgreSQL version $VERSION.  Check your installation."
+        echo "The program '$bindir/postgres' needed by $CMDNAME does not belong to" 1>&2
+        echo "PostgreSQL version $VERSION.  Check your installation." 1>&2
         exit 1
     fi
 else
-    echo "The program 'postgres' is needed by $CMDNAME but was not found in"
-    echo "the directory '$bindir'.  Check your installation."
+    echo "The program 'postgres' is needed by $CMDNAME but was not found in" 1>&2
+    echo "the directory '$bindir'.  Check your installation." 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -131,29 +131,29 @@ fi
 # Now we can assume that 'pg_id' belongs to the same version as the
 # verified 'postgres' in the same directory.
 if [ ! -x "$PGPATH/pg_id" ]; then
-    echo "The program 'pg_id' is needed by $CMDNAME but was not found in"
-    echo "the directory '$PGPATH'.  Check your installation."
+    echo "The program 'pg_id' is needed by $CMDNAME but was not found in" 1>&2
+    echo "the directory '$PGPATH'.  Check your installation." 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
 
 EffectiveUser=`$PGPATH/pg_id -n -u`
 if [ -z "$EffectiveUser" ]; then
-    echo "$CMDNAME: could not determine current user name"
+    echo "$CMDNAME: could not determine current user name" 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ `$PGPATH/pg_id -u` -eq 0 ]
 then
-    echo "You cannot run $CMDNAME as root. Please log in (using, e.g., 'su')"
-    echo "as the (unprivileged) user that will own the server process."
+    echo "You cannot run $CMDNAME as root. Please log in (using, e.g., 'su')" 1>&2
+    echo "as the (unprivileged) user that will own the server process." 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
 
 short_version=`echo $VERSION | sed -e 's!^\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*!\1!'`
 if [ x"$short_version" = x"" ] ; then
-  echo "$CMDNAME: bug: version number is out of format"
+  echo "$CMDNAME: bug: version number has wrong format" 1>&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ do
                 ;;
 	-*)
 		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1"
-		echo "Try -? for help."
+		echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help."
 		exit 1
 		;;
         *)
@@ -263,20 +263,20 @@ do
 done
 
 if [ "$usage" ]; then
-    echo "$CMDNAME initialized a PostgreSQL database cluster."
+    echo "$CMDNAME initializes a PostgreSQL database cluster."
     echo
     echo "Usage:"
     echo "  $CMDNAME [options] datadir"
     echo
     echo "Options:"
-    echo " [-D, --pgdata] <datadir>     Location for this database cluster"
+    echo " [-D, --pgdata] DATADIR       Location for this database cluster"
     echo "  -W, --pwprompt              Prompt for a password for the new superuser"
     if [ -n "$MULTIBYTE" ] ; then 
-        echo "  -E, --encoding <encoding>   Set the default multibyte encoding for new databases"
+        echo "  -E, --encoding ENCODING     Set the default multibyte encoding for new databases"
     fi
-    echo "  -i, --sysid <sysid>         Database sysid for the superuser"
+    echo "  -i, --sysid SYSID           Database sysid for the superuser"
     echo "Less commonly used options: "
-    echo "  -L <directory>              Where to find the input files"
+    echo "  -L DIRECTORY                Where to find the input files"
     echo "  -t, --template              Re-initialize template database only"
     echo "  -d, --debug                 Generate lots of debugging output"
     echo "  -n, --noclean               Do not clean up after errors"
@@ -294,15 +294,17 @@ then
 	MULTIBYTEID=`$PGPATH/pg_encoding $MULTIBYTE`
         if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]
 	then
+              (
                 echo "$CMDNAME: pg_encoding failed"
                 echo
                 echo "Perhaps you did not configure PostgreSQL for multibyte support or"
                 echo "the program was not successfully installed."
+              ) 1>&2
                 exit 1
         fi
 	if [ -z "$MULTIBYTEID" ]
 	then
-		echo "$CMDNAME: $MULTIBYTE is not a valid encoding name"
+		echo "$CMDNAME: $MULTIBYTE is not a valid encoding name" 1>&2
 		exit 1
 	fi
 fi
@@ -314,10 +316,11 @@ fi
 
 if [ -z "$PGDATA" ]
 then
+  (
     echo "$CMDNAME: You must identify where the the data for this database"
     echo "system will reside.  Do this with either a -D invocation"
     echo "option or a PGDATA environment variable."
-    echo
+  ) 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -353,18 +356,22 @@ fi
 for PREREQ_FILE in "$TEMPLATE1_BKI" "$GLOBAL_BKI" "$PG_HBA_SAMPLE"
 do
     if [ ! -f "$PREREQ_FILE" ] ; then
+      (
         echo "$CMDNAME does not find the file '$PREREQ_FILE'."
         echo "This means you have a corrupted installation or identified the"
         echo "wrong directory with the -L invocation option."
+      ) 1>&2
         exit 1
     fi
 done
 
 for file in "$TEMPLATE1_BKI" "$GLOBAL_BKI"; do
      if [ x"`sed 1q $file`" != x"# PostgreSQL $short_version" ]; then
+       (
          echo "The input file '$file' needed by $CMDNAME does not"
          echo "belong to PostgreSQL $VERSION.  Check your installation or specify the"
          echo "correct path using the -L option."
+       ) 1>&2
          exit 1
      fi
 done
@@ -391,10 +398,12 @@ if [ x"$pgdata_contents" != x ]
 then
     if [ "$template_only" != yes ]
     then
+      (
         echo "$CMDNAME: The directory $PGDATA is exists but is not empty."
         echo "If you want to create a new database system, either remove or empty"
         echo "the directory $PGDATA or run initdb with an argument"
         echo "other than $PGDATA."
+      ) 1>&2
         exit 1
     fi
 else
@@ -509,13 +518,13 @@ if [ "$PwPrompt" ]; then
     stty echo > /dev/null 2>&1
     echo
     if [ "$FirstPw" != "$SecondPw" ]; then
-        echo "Passwords didn't match."
+        echo "Passwords didn't match." 1>&2
         exit_nicely
     fi
     echo "ALTER USER \"$POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME\" WITH PASSWORD '$FirstPw'" \
 	| "$PGPATH"/postgres $PGSQL_OPT template1 > /dev/null || exit_nicely
     if [ ! -f $PGDATA/pg_pwd ]; then
-        echo "The password file wasn't generated. Please report this problem."
+        echo "The password file wasn't generated. Please report this problem." 1>&2
         exit_nicely
     fi
     echo "Setting password"
diff --git a/src/bin/initlocation/initlocation.sh b/src/bin/initlocation/initlocation.sh
index b5700e2f6b..df8abda1f4 100644
--- a/src/bin/initlocation/initlocation.sh
+++ b/src/bin/initlocation/initlocation.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initlocation/Attic/initlocation.sh,v 1.8 2000/05/26 03:15:18 momjian Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initlocation/Attic/initlocation.sh,v 1.9 2000/11/11 22:59:46 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ do
             break;;
 
 	-*)
-            echo "$CMDNAME: unrecognized option $badparm"
-            echo "Try -? for help."
+            echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1" 1>&2
+            echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
             exit 1
             ;;
 	*)
@@ -66,16 +66,18 @@ if [ "$usage" ]; then
         echo "$CMDNAME initializes an alternative filesystem location for database creation."
 	echo ""
 	echo "Usage:"
-        echo "  $CMDNAME <location>"
-	echo ""
+        echo "  $CMDNAME LOCATION"
+	echo
+	echo "Please read the description of the CREATE DATABASE command for details."
+	echo
         echo "Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>."
 	exit 0
 fi
 
 
 if [ -z "$Location" ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: missing required argument <location>"
-        echo "Try -? for help."
+	echo "$CMDNAME: missing required argument LOCATION" 1>&2
+        echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ echo "$Location" | grep '/' >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "$?" -ne 0 -a ! -d "$Location" ]; then
     PGALTDATA=`printenv $Location 2> /dev/null`
     if [ -z "$PGALTDATA" ]; then
-        echo "$CMDNAME: environment variable $Location not set"
+        echo "$CMDNAME: environment variable $Location not set" 1>&2
         exit 1
     fi
     haveenv=t
@@ -126,8 +128,8 @@ if [ ! -d $PGALTDATA ]; then
 	echo "Creating directory $PGALTDATA"
 	mkdir "$PGALTDATA"
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            echo "$CMDNAME: could not create $PGALTDATA"
-            echo "Make sure $PGALTDATA is a valid path and that you have permission to access it."
+            echo "$CMDNAME: could not create $PGALTDATA" 1>&2
+            echo "Make sure $PGALTDATA is a valid path and that you have permission to access it." 1>&2
             exit_nicely
         fi
 else
@@ -140,8 +142,8 @@ if [ ! -d $PGALTDATA/base ]; then
 	echo "Creating directory $PGALTDATA/base"
 	mkdir "$PGALTDATA/base"
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            echo "$CMDNAME: could not create $PGALTDATA/base"
-            echo "Make sure $PGALTDATA/base is a valid path and that you have permission to access it."
+            echo "$CMDNAME: could not create $PGALTDATA/base" 1>&2
+            echo "Make sure $PGALTDATA/base is a valid path and that you have permission to access it." 1>&2
             exit_nicely
         fi
 else
diff --git a/src/bin/ipcclean/ipcclean.sh b/src/bin/ipcclean/ipcclean.sh
index 699c90e951..d4572dd77b 100644
--- a/src/bin/ipcclean/ipcclean.sh
+++ b/src/bin/ipcclean/ipcclean.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/ipcclean/Attic/ipcclean.sh,v 1.5 2000/03/25 14:44:41 momjian Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/ipcclean/Attic/ipcclean.sh,v 1.6 2000/11/11 22:59:47 petere Exp $
 #
 
 CMDNAME=`basename $0`
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$USER" = 'root' -o "$LOGNAME" = 'root' ]
 then
+  (
     echo "You cannot run $CMDNAME as root. Please log in (using, e.g., 'su')"
     echo "as the (unprivileged) user that owned the server process."
+  ) 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ if [ `uname` = 'Linux' ]; then
     did_anything=
 
     if ps x | grep -s 'postmaster' >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-        echo "$CMDNAME: You still have a postmaster running."
+        echo "$CMDNAME: You still have a postmaster running." 1>&2
         exit 1
     fi
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_config/pg_config.sh b/src/bin/pg_config/pg_config.sh
index 6e5f18cfc0..2249717d9a 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_config/pg_config.sh
+++ b/src/bin/pg_config/pg_config.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Author:  Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> 
 # Public domain
 
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_config/Attic/pg_config.sh,v 1.1 2000/10/10 22:01:55 momjian Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_config/Attic/pg_config.sh,v 1.2 2000/11/11 22:59:47 petere Exp $
 
 me=`basename $0`
 
@@ -27,18 +27,18 @@ Operation modes:
   --bindir      show location of user executables
   --includedir  show location of C header files
   --libdir      show location of object code libraries
-  --configure   show options given to \`configure' script when
+  --configure   show options given to 'configure' script when
                 PostgreSQL was built
   --version     show PostgreSQL version and exit
 
 Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>."
 
 advice="\
-Try \`$me --help' for more information."
+Try '$me --help' for more information."
 
 if test $# -eq 0 ; then
-    echo "$me: argument required"
-    echo "$advice"
+    echo "$me: argument required" 1>&2
+    echo "$advice" 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ do
                         exit 0;;
 	--help|-\?)     echo "$help"
                         exit 0;;
-        *)              echo "$me: invalid argument: $opt"
-                        echo "$advice"
+        *)              echo "$me: invalid argument: $opt" 1>&2
+                        echo "$advice" 1>&2
                         exit 1;;
     esac
 done
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/createdb b/src/bin/scripts/createdb
index fd07e27292..3601811b24 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/createdb
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/createdb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/createdb,v 1.8 2000/02/10 20:08:58 petere Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/createdb,v 1.9 2000/11/11 22:59:48 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ do
                 MB=`echo $1 | sed 's/^--encoding=//'`
                 ;;
 	-*)
-		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1"
-                echo "Try -? for help."
+		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1" 1>&2
+                echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	*)
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ if [ "$usage" ]; then
 	echo "  -W, --password                  Prompt for password"
 	echo "  -e, --echo                      Show the query being sent to the backend"
         echo "  -q, --quiet                     Don't write any messages"
+        echo
+        echo "By default, a database with the same name as the current user is created."
 	echo
 	echo "Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>."
 	exit 0
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ then
         mbcode=`${PATHNAME}pg_encoding "$MB"`
         if [ -z "$mbcode" ]
 	then
-		echo "$CMDNAME: \"$MB\" is not a valid encoding name"
+		echo "$CMDNAME: \"$MB\" is not a valid encoding name" 1>&2
 		exit 1
 	fi
 fi
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ withstring=
 
 ${PATHNAME}psql $PSQLOPT -d template1 -c "CREATE DATABASE \"$dbname\"$withstring"
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: database creation failed"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: database creation failed" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ dbcomment=`echo $dbcomment | sed "s/'/\\\\\'/g"`
 
 ${PATHNAME}psql $PSQLOPT -d template1 -c "COMMENT ON DATABASE \"$dbname\" IS '$dbcomment'"
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: comment creation failed (database was created)"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: comment creation failed (database was created)" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/createlang.sh b/src/bin/scripts/createlang.sh
index 145c83f2f5..4275dc6e93 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/createlang.sh
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/createlang.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/createlang.sh,v 1.16 2000/09/29 17:17:34 petere Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/createlang.sh,v 1.17 2000/11/11 22:59:48 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ do
                 ;;
 
 	-*)
-		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1"
-                echo "Try -? for help."
+		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1" 1>&2
+                echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	 *)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ if [ "$usage" ]; then
         echo "$CMDNAME installs a procedural language into a PostgreSQL database."
 	echo
 	echo "Usage:"
-        echo "  $CMDNAME [options] [langname [dbname]]"
+        echo "  $CMDNAME [options] [langname] dbname"
         echo
 	echo "Options:"
 	echo "  -h, --host=HOSTNAME             Database server host"
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ if [ "$usage" ]; then
 	echo "  -L, --pglib=DIRECTORY           Find language interpreter file in DIRECTORY"
 	echo "  -l, --list                      Show a list of currently installed languages"
         echo
+        echo "If 'langname' is not specified, you will be prompted interactively."
+        echo "A database name must be specified."
+        echo
 	echo "Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>."
 	exit 0
 fi
@@ -141,8 +144,8 @@ fi
 # Check that we have a database
 # ----------
 if [ -z "$dbname" ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: missing required argument database name"
-        echo "Try -? for help."
+	echo "$CMDNAME: missing required argument database name" 1>&2
+        echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -200,8 +203,8 @@ case "$langname" in
 		object="plperl"
 		;;
 	*)
-		echo "$CMDNAME: unsupported language '$langname'"
-		echo "Supported languages are 'plpgsql', 'pltcl', and 'plperl'."
+		echo "$CMDNAME: unsupported language '$langname'" 1>&2
+		echo "Supported languages are 'plpgsql', 'pltcl', 'pltclu', and 'plperl'." 1>&2
 		exit 1
         ;;
 esac
@@ -213,14 +216,17 @@ DLSUFFIX='@DLSUFFIX@'
 # in PGLIB
 # ----------
 if [ ! -f "$PGLIB/$object$DLSUFFIX" ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: cannot find the file \`$PGLIB/$langname$DLSUFFIX'"
+      (
+	echo "$CMDNAME: cannot find the file '$PGLIB/$langname$DLSUFFIX'"
         echo ""
-	echo "This file contains the call handler for $lancomp. By default,"
+	echo "This file contains the call handler for $lancomp.  By default,"
         echo "only PL/pgSQL is built and installed; other languages must be"
         echo "explicitly enabled at configure time."
 	echo ""
 	echo "To install PL/Tcl, make sure the option --with-tcl is given to"
-        echo "configure, then recompile and install."
+        echo "configure, then recompile and install.  To install PL/Perl use"
+        echo "--with-perl."
+      ) 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -232,11 +238,11 @@ PSQL="${PATHNAME}psql -A -t -q $PSQLOPT -d $dbname -c"
 # ----------
 res=`$PSQL "SELECT oid FROM pg_language WHERE lanname = '$langname'"`
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: external error"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: external error" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 if [ "$res" ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: '$langname' is already installed in database $dbname"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: '$langname' is already installed in database $dbname" 1>&2
 	# separate exit status for "already installed"
 	exit 2
 fi
@@ -246,7 +252,7 @@ fi
 # ----------
 res=`$PSQL "SELECT oid FROM pg_proc WHERE proname = '$handler'"`
 if [ ! -z "$res" ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: A function named '$handler' already exists. Installation aborted."
+	echo "$CMDNAME: A function named '$handler' already exists. Installation aborted." 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -255,13 +261,13 @@ fi
 # ----------
 $PSQL "CREATE FUNCTION $handler () RETURNS OPAQUE AS '$PGLIB/${object}$DLSUFFIX' LANGUAGE 'newC'"
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: language installation failed"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: language installation failed" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 $PSQL "CREATE ${trusted}PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE '$langname' HANDLER $handler LANCOMPILER '$lancomp'"
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: language installation failed"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: language installation failed" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/createuser b/src/bin/scripts/createuser
index cba8cd2028..62c674d99e 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/createuser
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/createuser
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/createuser,v 1.11 2000/06/12 03:40:49 momjian Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/createuser,v 1.12 2000/11/11 22:59:48 petere Exp $
 #
 # Note - this should NOT be setuid.
 #
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ do
 		PwPrompt=t
 		;;
 	-*)
-		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1"
-                echo "Try -? for help."
+		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1" 1>&2
+                echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
          *)
@@ -140,13 +140,16 @@ if [ "$usage" ]; then
 	echo "  -e, --echo                      Show the query being sent to the backend"
         echo "  -q, --quiet                     Don't write any messages"
 	echo
+        echo "If one of -d, -D, -a, -A, and 'username' is not specified, you will"
+        echo "be prompted interactively."
+        echo
 	echo "Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>."
 	exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ "$SysID" ]; then
         if [ "$SysID" != "`echo $SysID | sed 's/[^0-9]//g'`" ]; then
-                echo "$CMDNAME: user sysid must be a positive number"
+                echo "$CMDNAME: user sysid must be a positive number" 1>&2
                 exit 1
         fi
 fi
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ if [ "$PwPrompt" ]; then
         stty echo >/dev/null 2>&1
         echo
         if [ "$FirstPw" != "$SecondPw" ]; then
-            echo "Passwords didn't match."
+            echo "Passwords didn't match." 1>&2
             exit 1
         fi
 	Password=$FirstPw
@@ -225,7 +228,7 @@ SUBQUERY=
 
 ${PATHNAME}psql -c "$QUERY" -d template1 $PSQLOPT
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: creation of user \"$NewUser\" failed"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: creation of user \"$NewUser\" failed" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 		
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/dropdb b/src/bin/scripts/dropdb
index 65c8542e89..1bb6f10f25 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/dropdb
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/dropdb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/dropdb,v 1.6 2000/01/19 20:08:36 petere Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/dropdb,v 1.7 2000/11/11 22:59:48 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ do
 		forcedel=f
 		;;
 	-*)
-		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1"
-                echo "Try -? for help."
+		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1" 1>&2
+                echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	 *)
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ if [ "$usage" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$dbname" ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: missing required argument database name"
-        echo "Try -? for help."
+	echo "$CMDNAME: missing required argument database name" 1>&2
+        echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ dbname=`echo $dbname | sed 's/\"/\\\"/g'`
 
 ${PATHNAME}psql $PSQLOPT -d template1 -c "DROP DATABASE \"$dbname\""
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: database removal failed"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: database removal failed" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/droplang b/src/bin/scripts/droplang
index ece2c5c25d..3205ad3577 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/droplang
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/droplang
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/droplang,v 1.7 2000/02/09 20:23:26 momjian Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/droplang,v 1.8 2000/11/11 22:59:48 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ do
                 ;;
 
 	-*)
-		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1"
-                echo "Try -? for help."
+		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1" 1>&2
+                echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	 *)
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ if [ "$usage" ]; then
 	echo "  -d, --dbname=DBNAME             Database to remove language from"
 	echo "  -l, --list                      Show a list of currently installed languages"
         echo
+        echo "If 'langname' is not specified, you will be prompted interactively."
+        echo "A database name must be specified."
+        echo
 	echo "Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>."
 	exit 0
 fi
@@ -133,8 +136,8 @@ fi
 # Check that we have a database
 # ----------
 if [ -z "$dbname" ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: missing required argument database name"
-        echo "Try -? for help."
+	echo "$CMDNAME: missing required argument database name" 1>&2
+        echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -159,13 +162,17 @@ case "$langname" in
 		lancomp="PL/Tcl"
 		handler="pltcl_call_handler"
                 ;;
+	pltclu)
+		lancomp="PL/Tcl (untrusted)"
+		handler="pltclu_call_handler"
+		;;
 	plperl)
 		lancomp="PL/Perl"
 		handler="plperl_call_handler"
                 ;;
 	*)
-		echo "$CMDNAME: unsupported language '$langname'"
-		echo "Supported languages are 'plpgsql', 'pltcl', and 'plperl'."
+		echo "$CMDNAME: unsupported language '$langname'" 1>&2
+		echo "Supported languages are 'plpgsql', 'pltcl', 'pltclu', and 'plperl'." 1>&2
 		exit 1
                 ;;
 esac
@@ -179,11 +186,11 @@ PSQL="${PATHNAME}psql -A -t -q $PSQLOPT -d $dbname -c"
 # ----------
 res=`$PSQL "SELECT oid FROM pg_language WHERE lanname = '$langname'"`
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: external error"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: external error" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 if [ -z "$res" ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: '$langname' is not installed in database $dbname"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: '$langname' is not installed in database $dbname" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -193,12 +200,12 @@ fi
 # ----------
 res=`$PSQL "SELECT COUNT(proname) FROM pg_proc P, pg_language L WHERE P.prolang = L.oid AND L.lanname = '$langname'"`
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: external error"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: external error" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 if [ $res -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: There are $res functions/trigger procedures declared in language"
-        echo "$lancomp. Language not removed."
+	echo "$CMDNAME: There are $res functions/trigger procedures declared in language" 1>&2
+        echo "$lancomp. Language not removed." 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -207,14 +214,13 @@ fi
 # ----------
 $PSQL "DROP PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE '$langname'"
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: language removal failed"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: language removal failed" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 $PSQL "DROP FUNCTION $handler()"
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: language removal failed"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: language removal failed" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "Ok"
 exit 0
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/dropuser b/src/bin/scripts/dropuser
index 3a33c1f9cd..81a00f9c1c 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/dropuser
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/dropuser
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/dropuser,v 1.6 2000/01/19 20:08:36 petere Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/dropuser,v 1.7 2000/11/11 22:59:48 petere Exp $
 #
 # Note - this should NOT be setuid.
 #
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ do
 		forcedel=f
 		;;
 	-*)
-		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1"
-                echo "Try -? for help."
+		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1" 1>&2
+                echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
          *)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ DelUser=`echo $DelUser | sed 's/\"/\\\"/g'`
 ${PATHNAME}psql $PSQLOPT -d template1 -c "DROP USER \"$DelUser\""
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: deletion of user \"$DelUser\" failed"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: deletion of user \"$DelUser\" failed" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb b/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb
index fcf6d4513c..af038add8a 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/vacuumdb,v 1.9 2000/01/19 20:08:36 petere Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/scripts/Attic/vacuumdb,v 1.10 2000/11/11 22:59:48 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ do
 		;;
 
 	-*)
-		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1"
-                echo "Try -? for help."
+		echo "$CMDNAME: invalid option: $1" 1>&2
+                echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	*)
@@ -131,20 +131,22 @@ if [ "$usage" ]; then
 	echo "  -e, --echo                      Show the command being sent to the backend"
         echo "  -q, --quiet                     Don't write any output"
         echo
+        echo "Read the description of the SQL command VACUUM for details."
+        echo
 	echo "Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>."
 	exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ "$alldb" ]; then
         if [ "$dbname" -o "$table" ]; then
-                echo "$CMDNAME: cannot vacuum all databases and a specific one at the same time"
+                echo "$CMDNAME: cannot vacuum all databases and a specific one at the same time" 1>&2
                 exit 1
         fi
 	dbname=`${PATHNAME}psql $PSQLOPT -q -t -A -d template1 -c 'SELECT datname FROM pg_database'`
 
 elif [ -z "$dbname" ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: missing required argument database name"
-        echo "Try -? for help."
+	echo "$CMDNAME: missing required argument database name" 1>&2
+        echo "Try '$CMDNAME -?' for help." 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ do
 done
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "$CMDNAME: vacuum failed"
+	echo "$CMDNAME: vacuum failed" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 fi