Re: Scanning pg_tablespace from walsender

Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 16:29, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Wait a minute. Isn't this problem about to metastasize into "I need to
>> read *every* global catalog from walsender"? If not, why not? If so,
>> I think we need another answer.

> Um, why would I need that? I need to be able to find all files, which
> means I need to find all tablespaces. I don't see how that would turn
> into "every global catalog"?

Well, if you just need to find all the files, scan the symlinks in
$PGDATA/pg_tblspc/. Don't turn a filesystem problem into a catalog
problem.

regards, tom lane