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                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: destroydb \- destroy an existing database
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: .bd destroydb
                      6: [
                      7: .bd \-s
                      8: ] [
                      9: .bd \-m
                     10: ] dbname
                     11: .sh DESCRIPTION
                     12: .it Destroydb
                     13: will remove all reference to an existing database.
                     14: The directory of the database and all files in that directory
                     15: will be removed.
                     16: .s3
                     17: To execute this command the current user must be the
                     18: database administrator for the database in question,
                     19: or must be the \*(II superuser
                     20: and have the
                     21: .bd \-s
                     22: flag stated.
                     23: .s3
                     24: The
                     25: .bd \-m
                     26: flag causes
                     27: .it destroydb
                     28: not to remove the
                     29: \*(UU directory.
                     30: This is useful when the directory is a separate mounted
                     31: \*(UU file system.
                     32: .sh EXAMPLE
                     33: .nf
                     34: destroydb demo
                     35: destroydb \-s erics_db
                     36: .fi
                     37: .sh FILES
                     38: \&.../data/base/*
                     39: .br
                     40: \&.../datadir/* (for compatibility with previous versions)
                     41: .sh "SEE ALSO"
                     42: .nf
                     43: creatdb(unix)
                     44: .fi
                     45: .sh DIAGNOSTICS
                     46: .in +4
                     47: .ti -4
                     48: invalid dbname \- the database name specified
                     49: is not a valid name.
                     50: .ti -4
                     51: you may not reference this database \- the database may exist,
                     52: but you do not have permission to do anything with it.
                     53: .ti -4
                     54: you may not use the
                     55: \-s
                     56: flag \- you have tried to use the
                     57: .bd \-s
                     58: flag,
                     59: but you are not the INGRES superuser.
                     60: .ti -4
                     61: you are not the dba \- someone else created this database.
                     62: .ti -4
                     63: database does not exist \- this database does not exist.
                     64: .in -4

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