Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>> New command is:
>>
>> snprintf(clear_pg_sorttemp, sizeof(clear_pg_sorttemp),
>> "rm -f \"%s\"/base/*/pg_sorttemp/*",
>> DataDir);
> Why not put all sort files into a common directory and then do a simple
> readdir() loop in C?
I was about to say that the potential portability headaches would be
more trouble than the "feature" is worth. OTOH, I see that xlog.c is
depending on readdir already, so maybe it's OK to use it.
regards, tom lane