createdb
A core utility for creating a database
createdb is a core utility for creating a database and is essentially a wrapper around the CREATE DATABASE SQL command.
createdb was added in PostgreSQL 7.0 (commit 240e4c98).
Usage
Since PostgreSQL 8.3, createdb no longer emits any output on successful creation of a database.
Source code
The createdb source code is located at src/bin/scripts/createdb.c.
Change history
- PostgreSQL 8.4
-w/--no-passwordoption added (commit 9de59fd1)
- PostgreSQL 8.3
--quietoption removed (commit 9539e64b)
- PostgreSQL 7.4
- converted to C (commit f374a9da)
- PostgreSQL 7.1
--templateoption added (commit c3b00e7e)
- PostgreSQL 7.0
- added (commit 240e4c98)
References
- PostgreSQL documentation: createdb