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-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
index 5019757832e..dceb8b9cd6f 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c,v 1.84 2002/03/02 21:39:33 momjian Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c,v 1.85 2002/03/04 04:45:27 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -121,9 +121,11 @@ void
SetDataDir(const char *dir)
{
char *new;
+ int newlen;
AssertArg(dir);
+ /* If presented path is relative, convert to absolute */
if (dir[0] != '/')
{
char *buf;
@@ -164,6 +166,14 @@ SetDataDir(const char *dir)
elog(FATAL, "out of memory");
}
+ /*
+ * Strip any trailing slash. Not strictly necessary, but avoids
+ * generating funny-looking paths to individual files.
+ */
+ newlen = strlen(new);
+ if (newlen > 1 && new[newlen-1] == '/')
+ new[newlen-1] = '\0';
+
if (DataDir)
free(DataDir);
DataDir = new;