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-.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
-.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/destroydb.1,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:23 scrappy Exp $
-.TH DESTROYDB UNIX 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95
-.SH NAME
-destroydb \(em destroy an existing database
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.BR destroydb
-[\c
-.BR -a
-system]
-[\c
-.BR -h
-host]
-[\c
-.BR -p
-port]
-[dbname]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.IR Destroydb
-destroys an existing database. To execute this command, the user must
-be the database administrator, or DBA, for this database.
-The program runs silently; no confirmation message will be displayed.
-After the database is destroyed, a Unix shell prompt will reappear.
-.PP
-.IR Destroydb
-is a shell script that invokes
-.IR psql .
-Hence, a
-.IR postmaster
-process must be running on the database server host before
-.IR destroydb
-is executed. In addition, the
-.SM PGOPTION
-and
-.SM PGREALM
-environment
-variables will be passed on to
-.IR psql
-and processed as described in
-.IR psql (1).
-.PP
-The optional argument
-.IR dbname
-specifies the name of the database to be destroyed. All references to
-the database are removed, including the directory containing this
-database and its associated files.
-.IR Dbname
-defaults to the value of the
-.SM USER
-environment variable.
-.PP
-.IR Destroydb
-understands the following command-line options:
-.TP 5n
-.BR "-a" " system"
-Specifies an authentication system
-.IR "system"
-(see
-.IR introduction (1))
-to use in connecting to the
-.IR postmaster
-process. The default is site-specific.
-.TP
-.BR "-h" " host"
-Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
-.IR postmaster
-is running. Defaults to the name of the local host, or the value of
-the
-.SM PGHOST
-environment variable (if set).
-.TP
-.BR "-p" " port"
-Specifies the Internet TCP port on which the
-.IR postmaster
-is listening for connections. Defaults to 5432, or the value of the
-.SM PGPORT
-environment variable (if set).
-.SH EXAMPLES
-.nf
-# destroy the demo database
-destroydb demo
-.fi
-.nf
-# destroy 5432 demo database using the postmaster on host eden,
-# port using the Kerberos authentication system.
-destroydb -a kerberos -p 5432 -h eden demo
-.fi
-.SH FILES
-.TP 5n
-\&$PGDATA/base/\fIdbname\fP
-The location of the files corresponding to the database
-.IR dbname .
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-destroydb(l),
-createdb(1),
-initdb(1),
-psql(1).
-postmaster(1).
-.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-.TP 5n
-.BI "Error: Failed to connect to backend (host=" "xxx" ", port=" "xxx" ")"
-.IR Destroydb
-could not attach to the
-.IR postmaster
-process on the specified host and port. If you see this message,
-ensure that the
-.IR postmaster
-is running on the proper host and that you have specified the proper
-port. If your site uses an authentication system, ensure that you
-have obtained the required authentication credentials.
-.TP
-.BI "user \*(lq" "username" "\*(rq is not in \*(lqpg_user\*(rq"
-You do not have a valid entry in the relation \*(lqpg_user\*(rq and
-cannot do anything with Postgres at all; contact your Postgres site
-administrator.
-.TP
-.BI "user \*(lq" "username" "\*(rq is not allowed to create/destroy databases"
-You do not have permission to destroy databases; contact your Postgres
-site administrator.
-.TP
-.BR "database \*(lqdbname\*(rq does not exist"
-The database to be removed does not have an entry in the
-\*(lqpg_database\*(rq class.
-.TP
-.BI "database \*(lq" "dbname" "\*(rq is not owned by you"
-You are not DBA for the specified database.
-.TP
-.BI "database destroy failed on" " dbname"
-An internal error occurred in
-.IR psql
-or the backend server. Contact your Postgres site administrator to
-ensure that ensure that the files and database entries associated with
-the database are completely removed.