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F.1. adminpack

adminpack provides a number of support functions which pgAdmin and other administration and management tools can use to provide additional functionality, such as remote management of server log files. Use of all these functions is only allowed to the superuser by default but may be allowed to other users by using the GRANT command.

The functions shown in Table F.1 provide write access to files on the machine hosting the server. (See also the functions in Table 9.99, which provide read-only access.) Only files within the database cluster directory can be accessed, unless the user is a superuser or given privileges of one of the pg_read_server_files or pg_write_server_files roles, as appropriate for the function, but either a relative or absolute path is allowable.

Table F.1. adminpack Functions

Function Description

Function Description
`pg_catalog.pg_file_write` ( `filename `text, `data `text, `append `boolean ) → `bigint` Writes, or appends to, a text file.
`pg_catalog.pg_file_sync` ( `filename `text ) → `void` Flushes a file or directory to disk.
`pg_catalog.pg_file_rename` ( `oldname `text, `newname `text , `archivename `text ] ) → `boolean` Renames a file.
`pg_catalog.pg_file_unlink` ( `filename `text ) → `boolean` Removes a file.
`pg_catalog.pg_logdir_ls` () → `setof record` Lists the log files in the `log_directory` directory.

pg_catalog.pg_file_write ( `filename `text, `data `text, `append `boolean ) → bigint

Writes, or appends to, a text file.

pg_catalog.pg_file_sync ( `filename `text ) → void

Flushes a file or directory to disk.

pg_catalog.pg_file_rename ( `oldname `text, `newname `text , `archivename `text ] ) → boolean

Renames a file.

pg_catalog.pg_file_unlink ( `filename `text ) → boolean

Removes a file.

pg_catalog.pg_logdir_ls () → setof record

Lists the log files in the log_directory directory.

pg_file_write writes the specified `data into the file named by filename. If append is false, the file must not already exist. If append` is true, the file can already exist, and will be appended to if so. Returns the number of bytes written.

pg_file_sync fsyncs the specified file or directory named by `filename`. An error is thrown on failure (e.g., the specified file is not present). Note that data_sync_retry has no effect on this function, and therefore a PANIC-level error will not be raised even on failure to flush database files.

pg_file_rename renames a file. If `archivename is omitted or NULL, it simply renames oldname to newname (which must not already exist). If archivename is provided, it first renames newname to archivename (which must not already exist), and then renames oldname to newname. In event of failure of the second rename step, it will try to rename archivename back to newname` before reporting the error. Returns true on success, false if the source file(s) are not present or not writable; other cases throw errors.

pg_file_unlink removes the specified file. Returns true on success, false if the specified file is not present or the unlink() call fails; other cases throw errors.

pg_logdir_ls returns the start timestamps and path names of all the log files in the log_directory directory. The log_filename parameter must have its default setting (postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log) to use this function.

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