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PostgreSQL Client Applications</H1 ><DIV CLASS="PARTINTRO" ><A NAME="AEN68409" ></A ><P > This part contains reference information for <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > client applications and utilities. Not all of these commands are of general utility, some might require special privileges. The common feature of these applications is that they can be run on any host, independent of where the database server resides. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-clusterdb.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >clusterdb</SPAN ></A > -- cluster a <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > database</DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-createdb.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >createdb</SPAN ></A > -- create a new <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > database</DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-createlang.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >createlang</SPAN ></A > -- define a new <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > procedural language</DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-createuser.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >createuser</SPAN ></A > -- define a new <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > user account</DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-dropdb.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >dropdb</SPAN ></A > -- remove a <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > database</DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-droplang.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >droplang</SPAN ></A > -- remove a <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > procedural language</DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-dropuser.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >dropuser</SPAN ></A > -- remove a <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > user account</DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-ecpg.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >ecpg</SPAN ></A > -- embedded SQL C preprocessor</DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-pgconfig.html" >pg_config</A > -- retrieve information about the installed version of <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-pgdump.html" >pg_dump</A > -- extract a <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > database into a script file or other archive file </DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-pg-dumpall.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >pg_dumpall</SPAN ></A > -- extract a <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > database cluster into a script file</DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-pgrestore.html" >pg_restore</A > -- restore a <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > database from an archive file created by <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >pg_dump</SPAN > </DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-psql.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >psql</SPAN ></A > -- <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > interactive terminal </DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-reindexdb.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >reindexdb</SPAN ></A > -- reindex a <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > database</DT ><DT ><A HREF="app-vacuumdb.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >vacuumdb</SPAN ></A > -- garbage-collect and analyze a <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > database</DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sql-values.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="app-clusterdb.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >VALUES</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="reference.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >clusterdb</SPAN ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >