pg_dropcluster(1)

pg_dropcluster1

Completely delete a postgresql cluster

Usage

pg_dropcluster [--stop] cluster-version cluster-name

Overview

This program removes all files that belong to a given PostgreSQL cluster; that includes the data, wal, and tablespace directories, the log file, and all configuration files that were created by pg_createcluster(1). If the configuration directory (/etc/postgresql/version/cluster) is empty after this, it is removed as well. An empty socket directory other than /var/run/postgresql or /tmp is also removed.

Usually a cluster which still has a running server attached will not be deleted. To override this, the --stop option forces a server shutdown before the files are removed.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13

Author

Martin Pitt <[email protected]>

From postgresql-common 278 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.