From 772c1300d7b8c08a12f7968bc21c65b7cfd252a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Justin Pryzby Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 14:12:55 -0500 Subject: [PATCH v36 1/7] Document historic behavior of links to directories.. Backpatch to 9.5: pg_stat_file --- doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml index 7b652460a18..933118203f4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml @@ -28661,6 +28661,10 @@ SELECT convert_from(pg_read_binary_file('file_in_utf8.txt'), 'UTF8'); platforms only), file creation time stamp (Windows only), and a flag indicating if it is a directory. + + If filename is a link, this function returns information about the file + or directory the link refers to. + This function is restricted to superusers by default, but other users can be granted EXECUTE to run the function. -- 2.17.1