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REINDEXDB(1)		PostgreSQL Client Applications		  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 connec‐
       tion 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 exten‐
	      sion 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 discus‐
       sions  of  potential  problems and error messages.  The database server
       must be running at the targeted host. Also, any default connection set‐
       tings  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)

Application			  2005-11-05			  REINDEXDB(1)

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