/*
* recursive part of traverse_datadir
+ *
+ * parent_path is the current subdirectory's path relative to datadir,
+ * or NULL at the top level.
*/
static void
recurse_dir(const char *datadir, const char *parentpath,
/*
* If it's a symlink within pg_tblspc, we need to recurse into it,
- * to process all the tablespaces.
+ * to process all the tablespaces. We also follow a symlink if
+ * it's for pg_xlog. Symlinks elsewhere are ignored.
*/
- if (strcmp(parentpath, "pg_tblspc") == 0)
+ if ((parentpath && strcmp(parentpath, "pg_tblspc") == 0) ||
+ strcmp(path, "pg_xlog") == 0)
recurse_dir(datadir, path, callback);
#else
pg_fatal("\"%s\" is a symbolic link, but symbolic links are not supported on this platform\n",