Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes: > On 2020-04-10 16:40:02 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> It doesn't really seem like either name is problematic from that >> standpoint? "Verify backup" isn't prejudging what aspect of the >> backup is going to be verified, AFAICS.
> My point is that I'd eventually like to see the same tool also be usable > to just verify the checksums of a normal, non-backup, data directory. Meh. I would argue that that's an actively BAD idea. The use-cases are entirely different, the implementation is going to be quite a lot different, the relevant options are going to be quite a lot different. It will not be better for either implementors or users to force those into the same executable. regards, tom lane