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DROPDB(1)		PostgreSQL Client Applications		     DROPDB(1)

NAME
       dropdb - Remove an existing Postgres database

SYNOPSIS
       dropdb [ options... ] dbname

   INPUTS
       -h, --host host
	      Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the postmaster is
	      running. If host begins with a slash, it is used as  the	direc‐
	      tory for the unix domain socket.

       -p, --port port
	      Specifies	 the  Internet TCP/IP port or local Unix domain socket
	      file extension on which the postmaster is listening for  connec‐
	      tions.

       -U, --username username
	      Username to connect as.

       -W, --password
	      Force password prompt.

       -e, --echo
	      Echo the queries that dropdb generates and sends to the backend.

       -q, --quiet
	      Do not display a response.

       -i, --interactive
	      Issues a verification prompt before doing anything destructive.

       dbname Specifies	 the  name of the database to be removed. The database
	      must be one of the existing Postgres databases in this installa‐
	      tion.

       The options -h, -p, -U, -W, and -e are passed on literally to psql(1).

   OUTPUTS
       DROP DATABASE
	      The database was successfully removed.

       dropdb: Database removal failed.
	      Something didn't work out.

       If  there is an error condition, the backend error message will be dis‐
       played.	See DROP DATABASE [drop_database(l)] and psql(1) for possibil‐
       ities.

DESCRIPTION
       dropdb  destroys	 an existing Postgres database.	 The user who executes
       this command must be a database superuser or the owner of the database.

       dropdb is a shell script wrapper around the SQL command	DROP  DATABASE
       [drop_database(l)] via the Postgres interactive terminal psql(1). Thus,
       there is nothing special about dropping databases  via  this  or	 other
       methods.	 This means that the psql must be found by the script and that
       a database server is running at the targeted host.  Also,  any  default
       settings	 and  environment  variables  available	 to psql and the libpq
       front-end library do apply.

USAGE
       To destroy the database demo on the default database server:

       $ dropdb demo
       DROP DATABASE

       To destroy the database demo using the postmaster on  host  eden,  port
       5000, with verification and a peek at the underlying query:

       $ dropdb -p 5000 -h eden -i -e demo
       Database "demo" will be permanently deleted.
       Are you sure? (y/n) y
       DROP DATABASE "demo"
       DROP DATABASE

Application			  2000-11-11			     DROPDB(1)

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