postgresql/doc/src/sgml/ref/clusterdb.sgml
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<refentry id="app-clusterdb">
<indexterm zone="app-clusterdb">
<primary>clusterdb</primary>
</indexterm>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle><application>clusterdb</application></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>Application</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname id="clusterdb">clusterdb</refname>
<refpurpose>cluster a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>clusterdb</command>
<arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>connection-option</replaceable></arg>
<group choice="opt"><arg choice="plain"><option>--verbose</option></arg><arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg></group>
<arg choice="plain" rep="repeat">
<arg choice="opt">
<group choice="plain">
<arg choice="plain"><option>--table</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-t</option></arg>
</group>
<replaceable>table</replaceable>
</arg>
</arg>
<arg choice="opt"><replaceable>dbname</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>clusterdb</command>
<arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>connection-option</replaceable></arg>
<group choice="opt"><arg choice="plain"><option>--verbose</option></arg><arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg></group>
<group choice="plain"><arg choice="plain"><option>--all</option></arg><arg choice="plain"><option>-a</option></arg></group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<application>clusterdb</application> is a utility for reclustering tables
in a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database. It finds tables
that have previously been clustered, and clusters them again on the same
index that was last used. Tables that have never been clustered are not
affected.
</para>
<para>
<application>clusterdb</application> is a wrapper around the SQL
command <xref linkend="sql-cluster">.
There is no effective difference between clustering databases via
this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>
<application>clusterdb</application> accepts the following command-line arguments:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-a</option></term>
<term><option>--all</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Cluster all databases.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option><optional>-d</optional> <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></option></term>
<term><option><optional>--dbname=</optional><replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the name of the database to be clustered.
If this is not specified and <option>-a</option> (or
<option>--all</option>) is not used, the database name is read
from the environment variable <envar>PGDATABASE</envar>. If
that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-e</option></term>
<term><option>--echo</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Echo the commands that <application>clusterdb</application> generates
and sends to the server.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-q</option></term>
<term><option>--quiet</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Do not display progress messages.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-t <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable></option></term>
<term><option>--table=<replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Cluster <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> only.
Multiple tables can be clustered by writing multiple
<option>-t</option> switches.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-v</option></term>
<term><option>--verbose</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Print detailed information during processing.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-V</option></term>
<term><option>--version</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Print the <application>clusterdb</application> version and exit.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-?</option></term>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Show help about <application>clusterdb</application> command line
arguments, and exit.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
<application>clusterdb</application> also accepts
the following command-line arguments for connection parameters:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-h <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></option></term>
<term><option>--host=<replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is
running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the
directory for the Unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></option></term>
<term><option>--port=<replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
extension on which the server
is listening for connections.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-U <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></option></term>
<term><option>--username=<replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
User name to connect as.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-w</option></term>
<term><option>--no-password</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
password authentication and a password is not available by
other means such as a <filename>.pgpass</filename> file, the
connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
password.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-W</option></term>
<term><option>--password</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Force <application>clusterdb</application> to prompt for a
password before connecting to a database.
</para>
<para>
This option is never essential, since
<application>clusterdb</application> will automatically prompt
for a password if the server demands password authentication.
However, <application>clusterdb</application> will waste a
connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
In some cases it is worth typing <option>-W</option> to avoid the extra
connection attempt.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--maintenance-db=<replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the name of the database to connect to discover what other
databases should be clustered. If not specified, the
<literal>postgres</literal> database will be used,
and if that does not exist, <literal>template1</literal> will be used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Environment</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><envar>PGDATABASE</envar></term>
<term><envar>PGHOST</envar></term>
<term><envar>PGPORT</envar></term>
<term><envar>PGUSER</envar></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Default connection parameters
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
This utility, like most other <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> utilities,
also uses the environment variables supported by <application>libpq</application>
(see <xref linkend="libpq-envars">).
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Diagnostics</title>
<para>
In case of difficulty, see <xref linkend="sql-cluster">
and <xref linkend="app-psql"> for
discussions of potential problems and error messages.
The database server must be running at the
targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment
variables used by the <application>libpq</application> front-end
library will apply.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>
To cluster the database <literal>test</literal>:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>clusterdb test</userinput>
</screen>
</para>
<para>
To cluster a single table
<literal>foo</literal> in a database named
<literal>xyzzy</literal>:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>clusterdb --table=foo xyzzy</userinput>
</screen></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-cluster"></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>