Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> In general, I think there is no excuse for code in the backend to use
>> readdir() directly; it should be using ReadDir(), which takes care of this
>> as well as error reporting.
> My understanding is that the fd.c infrastructure can't be used in the
> postmaster.
Say what? See ParseConfigDirectory for code that certainly runs in the
postmaster, and uses ReadDir().
regards, tom lane