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Historical version. PostgreSQL 7.1 reached end of support in April 2006. See the current version for supported releases.

III. PostgreSQL Server Applications

This is reference information for Postgres server applications and support utilities.

Table of Contents
createlang -- Add a new programming language to a Postgres database
droplang -- Remove a programming language from a Postgres database
initdb -- Create a new Postgres database cluster
initlocation -- Create a secondary Postgres database storage area
ipcclean -- Clean up shared memory and semaphores from aborted backends
pg_ctl -- Starts, stops, or restarts postmaster
pg_passwd -- Manipulate a text password file
postgres -- Run a PostgreSQL single-user backend
postmaster -- PostgreSQL multi-user database server

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