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2 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>clusterdb</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications" /><link rel="next" href="app-createdb.html" title="createdb" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">clusterdb</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 18.0 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-createdb.html" title="createdb">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-CLUSTERDB"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.3.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">clusterdb</span></span></h2><p>clusterdb — cluster a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.3.4.1"><code class="command">clusterdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...]
4 <code class="option">--table</code> | <code class="option">-t</code>
5 <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em>
8 <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> | <code class="option">-a</code> | <code class="option">--all</code>
9 ]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
10 <span class="application">clusterdb</span> is a utility for reclustering tables
11 in a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database. It finds tables
12 that have previously been clustered, and clusters them again on the same
13 index that was last used. Tables that have never been clustered are not
16 <span class="application">clusterdb</span> is a wrapper around the SQL
17 command <a class="xref" href="sql-cluster.html" title="CLUSTER"><span class="refentrytitle">CLUSTER</span></a>.
18 There is no effective difference between clustering databases via
19 this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
20 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
21 <span class="application">clusterdb</span> accepts the following command-line arguments:
23 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-a</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--all</code></span></dt><dd><p>
24 Cluster all databases.
25 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">[<span class="optional">-d</span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">[<span class="optional">--dbname=</span>]<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
26 Specifies the name of the database to be clustered,
27 when <code class="option">-a</code>/<code class="option">--all</code> is not used.
28 If this is not specified, the database name is read
29 from the environment variable <code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code>. If
30 that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
31 used. The <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="32.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>. If so,
32 connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
34 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--echo</code></span></dt><dd><p>
35 Echo the commands that <span class="application">clusterdb</span> generates
36 and sends to the server.
37 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-q</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--quiet</code></span></dt><dd><p>
38 Do not display progress messages.
39 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--table=<em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
40 Cluster <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em> only.
41 Multiple tables can be clustered by writing multiple
42 <code class="option">-t</code> switches.
43 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
44 Print detailed information during processing.
45 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
46 Print the <span class="application">clusterdb</span> version and exit.
47 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
48 Show help about <span class="application">clusterdb</span> command line
50 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
52 <span class="application">clusterdb</span> also accepts
53 the following command-line arguments for connection parameters:
55 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
56 Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is
57 running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the
58 directory for the Unix domain socket.
59 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
60 Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
61 extension on which the server
62 is listening for connections.
63 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
64 User name to connect as.
65 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
66 Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
67 password authentication and a password is not available by
68 other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
69 connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
70 batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
72 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
73 Force <span class="application">clusterdb</span> to prompt for a
74 password before connecting to a database.
76 This option is never essential, since
77 <span class="application">clusterdb</span> will automatically prompt
78 for a password if the server demands password authentication.
79 However, <span class="application">clusterdb</span> will waste a
80 connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
81 In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
83 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--maintenance-db=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
84 When the <code class="option">-a</code>/<code class="option">--all</code> is used, connect
85 to this database to gather the list of databases to cluster.
86 If not specified, the <code class="literal">postgres</code> database will be used,
87 or if that does not exist, <code class="literal">template1</code> will be used.
88 This can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="32.1.1. Connection Strings">connection
89 string</a>. If so, connection string parameters will override any
90 conflicting command line options. Also, connection string parameters
91 other than the database name itself will be re-used when connecting
93 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
94 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGHOST</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGUSER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
95 Default connection parameters
96 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
97 Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
98 are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
99 <code class="literal">never</code>.
100 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
101 This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
102 also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
103 (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="32.15. Environment Variables">Section 32.15</a>).
104 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.8"><h2>Diagnostics</h2><p>
105 In case of difficulty, see <a class="xref" href="sql-cluster.html" title="CLUSTER"><span class="refentrytitle">CLUSTER</span></a>
106 and <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a> for
107 discussions of potential problems and error messages.
108 The database server must be running at the
109 targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment
110 variables used by the <span class="application">libpq</span> front-end
112 </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.9"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
113 To cluster the database <code class="literal">test</code>:
114 </p><pre class="screen">
115 <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>clusterdb test</code></strong>
118 To cluster a single table
119 <code class="literal">foo</code> in a database named
120 <code class="literal">xyzzy</code>:
121 </p><pre class="screen">
122 <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>clusterdb --table=foo xyzzy</code></strong>
123 </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.10"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-cluster.html" title="CLUSTER"><span class="refentrytitle">CLUSTER</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-createdb.html" title="createdb">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">PostgreSQL Client Applications </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 18.0 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">createdb</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>