NAME¶

pg_renamecluster - rename a PostgreSQL cluster

SYNOPSIS¶

pg_renamecluster version oldname newname

DESCRIPTION¶

pg_renamecluster changes the name of a PostgreSQL cluster, i. e. the name of the config directory in /etc/postgresql/version/ along with the data directory in /var/lib/postgresql/version/. Existing log files in /var/log/postgresql/ are also renamed. The cluster is stopped and started for the operation.

The following postgresql.conf config options are updated to refer to the changed path names: data_directory, hba_file, ident_file, external_pid_file, stats_temp_directory, cluster_name.

OPTIONS¶

None.

SEE ALSO¶

pg_createcluster(8), pg_dropcluster(8), pg_lsclusters(1), pg_wrapper(1)

AUTHOR¶

Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>