dropdb - Remove an existing Postgres database


SYNOPSIS

       dropdb [ options... ] dbname

   INPUTS
       -h, --host host
              Specifies  the hostname of the machine on which the
              postmaster is running. If host begins with a slash,
              it  is  used  as  the directory for the unix domain
              socket.

       -p, --port port
              Specifies the Internet TCP/IP port  or  local  Unix
              domain  socket file extension on which the postmas­
              ter is listening for connections.

       -U, --username username
              Username to connect as.

       -W, --password
              Force password prompt.

       -e, --echo
              Echo the queries that dropdb generates and sends to
              the backend.

       -q, --quiet
              Do not display a response.

       -i, --interactive
              Issues  a verification prompt before doing anything
              destructive.

       dbname Specifies the name of the database to  be  removed.
              The  database  must be one of the existing Postgres
              databases in this installation.

       The options -h, -p, -U, -W, and -e are passed on literally
       to psql(1).

   OUTPUTS
       DROP DATABASE
              The database was successfully removed.

       dropdb: Database removal failed.
              Something didn't work out.

       If  there is an error condition, the backend error message
       will be displayed.  See DROP  DATABASE  [drop_database(l)]
       and psql(1) for possibilities.

       dropdb  destroys  an existing Postgres database.  The user
       who executes this command must be a database superuser  or
       the owner of the database.

       dropdb  is  a  shell script wrapper around the SQL command
       DROP DATABASE [drop_database(l)] via the Postgres interac­
       tive  terminal  psql(1).  Thus,  there  is nothing special
       about dropping databases via this or other  methods.  This
       means that the psql must be found by the script and that a
       database server is running at the targeted host. Also, any
       default  settings  and  environment variables available to
       psql and the libpq front-end library do apply.


USAGE

       To destroy the  database  demo  on  the  default  database
       server:

       $ dropdb demo
       DROP DATABASE

       To  destroy the database demo using the postmaster on host
       eden, port 5000, with  verification  and  a  peek  at  the
       underlying query:

       $ dropdb -p 5000 -h eden -i -e demo
       Database "demo" will be permanently deleted.
       Are you sure? (y/n) y
       DROP DATABASE "demo"
       DROP DATABASE


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