reindexdb(1)
NAME
reindexdb - reindex a PostgreSQL database
SYNOPSIS
reindexdb [ connection-option... ] [ --table | -t table ] [ --index | -i index ] [ dbname ] reindexdb [ connection-option... ] [ --all | -a ] reindexdb [ connection-option... ] [ --system | -s ] [ dbname ]
DESCRIPTION
reindexdb is a utility for rebuilding indexes in a PostgreSQL database.
reindexdb is a wrapper around the SQL command REINDEX [reindex(7)].
There is no effective difference between reindexing databases via this
utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
OPTIONS
reindexdb accepts the following command-line arguments:
-a
--all Reindex all databases.
-s
- --system
- Reindex database's system catalogs.
- -t table
- --table table
- Reindex table only.
- -i index
- --index index
- Recreate index only.
- [-d] dbname
- [--dbname] dbname
- Specifies the name of the database to be reindexed. If this is not specified and -a (or --all) is not used, the database name is read from the environment variable PGDATABASE. If that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is used.
- -e
- --echo Echo the commands that reindexdb generates and sends to the
- server.
- -q
- --quiet
- Do not display a response.
- reindexdb also accepts the following command-line arguments for connection parameters:
- -h host
- --host host
- 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.
- -p port
- --port port
- Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file extension on which the server is listening for connections.
- -U username
- --username username
- User name to connect as.
- -W
- --password
- Force password prompt.
ENVIRONMENT
PGDATABASE
PGHOST
PGPORT
PGUSER Default connection parameters
DIAGNOSTICS
In case of difficulty, see REINDEX [reindex(7)] and psql(1) 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 libpq front-end library
will apply.
NOTES
reindexdb might need to connect several times to the PostgreSQL server,
asking for a password each time. It is convenient to have a ~/.pgpass
file in such cases. See the documentation for more information.
EXAMPLES
To reindex the database test:
$ reindexdb test
To reindex the table foo and the index bar in a database named abcd:
$ reindexdb --table foo --index bar abcd
SEE ALSO
- REINDEX [reindex(7)], Environment Variables (the documentation)