Re: Backend working directories and absolute file paths

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Backend working directories and absolute file paths
Date: 2005-06-30 22:18:49
Message-ID: 22254.1120169929@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
> For that matter, would depending on the cwd interact well with trusted Pl
> languages that can change the cwd?

That would definitely be in the category of "don't do that" --- but
there are such a long list of ways to hose your backend in a trusted PL
that adding one more doesn't make me blink.

regards, tom lane

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