NAME

pg_wrapper - wrapper for PostgreSQL client commands

SYNOPSIS

client-program [--cluster version/cluster] [...]

(client-program: psql, createdb, dropuser, and all other client programs installed in /usr/lib/postgresql/version/bin).

DESCRIPTION

This program is run only as a link to names which correspond to PostgreSQL programs in /usr/lib/postgresql/version/bin. It determines the configured cluster and database for the user and calls the appropriate version of the desired program to connect to that cluster and database, supplying any specified options to that command.

The target cluster is selected by the following means, in descending order of precedence:

If none of these rules match, pg_wrapper does not set any environment variables and the program called will likely error out with a message like could not connect to server: Connection refused.

For psql, pg_archivecleanup, and pg_isready, pg_wrapper will always use the binary from the newest PostgreSQL version installed, as these are downwards compatible. If the cluster version is older than 9.2, the newest considered binary version is 14.

Note that pg_wrapper needs to be able to read the server config to get the port number to connect to. If a non-standard port is configured in a place that pg_wrapper cannot read, connecting will fail. This particularly holds if the port was configured via ALTER SYSTEM in postgresql.auto.conf and pg_wrapper is invoked as any user other than postgres and root.

OPTIONS

--cluster version/cluster
--cluster version/host:[port]

cluster is either the name of a cluster on the local system, or takes the form host:port for a remote cluster. If port is left empty (i. e. you just specify host:), it defaults to 5432.

ENVIRONMENT

PGCLUSTER

If $PGCLUSTER is set, its value (of the form version/cluster) specifies the desired cluster, similar to the --cluster option. However, if --cluster is specified, it overrides the value of $PGCLUSTER.

PG_CLUSTER_CONF_ROOT

This specifies an alternative base directory for cluster configurations. This is usually /etc/postgresql/, but for testing/development purposes you can change this to point to e. g. your home directory, so that you can use the postgresql-common tools without root privileges.

PGSYSCONFDIR

This is the location of PostgreSQL's and postgresql-common's global configuration (e. g. pg_service.conf, user_clusters(5)). The default is /etc/postgresql-common/.

FILES

/etc/postgresql-common/user_clusters

stores the default cluster and database for users and groups as set by the administrators.

$HOME/.postgresqlrc

stores defaults set by the user himself.

SEE ALSO

user_clusters(5), postgresqlrc(5)

AUTHOR

Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>