diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
index c17bca8306161b143f1515ab8cd0db76171d89b2..6115ce3f3373640d48bc9be9d0c0ab7858f69122 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/miscinit.c
@@ -117,77 +117,6 @@ ChangeToDataDir(void)
DataDir)));
}
-/*
- * If the given pathname isn't already absolute, make it so, interpreting
- * it relative to the current working directory.
- *
- * Also canonicalizes the path. The result is always a malloc'd copy.
- *
- * Note: interpretation of relative-path arguments during postmaster startup
- * should happen before doing ChangeToDataDir(), else the user will probably
- * not like the results.
- */
-char *
-make_absolute_path(const char *path)
-{
- char *new;
-
- /* Returning null for null input is convenient for some callers */
- if (path == NULL)
- return NULL;
-
- if (!is_absolute_path(path))
- {
- char *buf;
- size_t buflen;
-
- buflen = MAXPGPATH;
- for (;;)
- {
- buf = malloc(buflen);
- if (!buf)
- ereport(FATAL,
- (errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
- errmsg("out of memory")));
-
- if (getcwd(buf, buflen))
- break;
- else if (errno == ERANGE)
- {
- free(buf);
- buflen *= 2;
- continue;
- }
- else
- {
- free(buf);
- elog(FATAL, "could not get current working directory: %m");
- }
- }
-
- new = malloc(strlen(buf) + strlen(path) + 2);
- if (!new)
- ereport(FATAL,
- (errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
- errmsg("out of memory")));
- sprintf(new, "%s/%s", buf, path);
- free(buf);
- }
- else
- {
- new = strdup(path);
- if (!new)
- ereport(FATAL,
- (errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
- errmsg("out of memory")));
- }
-
- /* Make sure punctuation is canonical, too */
- canonicalize_path(new);
-
- return new;
-}
-
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
* User ID state
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
index 56d238f39481da3c8bd5043e8889a3e58cfdca84..1f921819c23563bc9068fb1bab83ba2bec61627d 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
@@ -1387,7 +1387,19 @@ pgwin32_CommandLine(bool registration)
register_servicename);
if (pg_config)
- appendPQExpBuffer(cmdLine, " -D \"%s\"", pg_config);
+ {
+ /* We need the -D path to be absolute */
+ char *dataDir;
+
+ if ((dataDir = make_absolute_path(pg_config)) == NULL)
+ {
+ /* make_absolute_path already reported the error */
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ make_native_path(dataDir);
+ appendPQExpBuffer(cmdLine, " -D \"%s\"", dataDir);
+ free(dataDir);
+ }
if (registration && do_wait)
appendPQExpBuffer(cmdLine, " -w");
diff --git a/src/include/miscadmin.h b/src/include/miscadmin.h
index 947906a280546b81a855f4ebfcb3f4c80889abcc..0d61b82eb50d9df67c16a2c8dca6fdbe52535f26 100644
--- a/src/include/miscadmin.h
+++ b/src/include/miscadmin.h
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ extern void SetCurrentRoleId(Oid roleid, bool is_superuser);
extern void SetDataDir(const char *dir);
extern void ChangeToDataDir(void);
-extern char *make_absolute_path(const char *path);
/* in utils/misc/superuser.c */
extern bool superuser(void); /* current user is superuser */
diff --git a/src/include/port.h b/src/include/port.h
index aeb7754cb0940b4fb0355ba015f98f3ab40fc681..06986858b60d88d459190f1e2ca8918618da9882 100644
--- a/src/include/port.h
+++ b/src/include/port.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ extern void make_native_path(char *path);
extern bool path_contains_parent_reference(const char *path);
extern bool path_is_relative_and_below_cwd(const char *path);
extern bool path_is_prefix_of_path(const char *path1, const char *path2);
+extern char *make_absolute_path(const char *path);
extern const char *get_progname(const char *argv0);
extern void get_share_path(const char *my_exec_path, char *ret_path);
extern void get_etc_path(const char *my_exec_path, char *ret_path);
diff --git a/src/port/path.c b/src/port/path.c
index 39d6e43404a65eca8b41de7ead942ba04c709bbb..438b52960423bfec077e78e7d80246fffa4899ac 100644
--- a/src/port/path.c
+++ b/src/port/path.c
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
-#include "c.h"
+#ifndef FRONTEND
+#include "postgres.h"
+#else
+#include "postgres_fe.h"
+#endif
#include <ctype.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -549,6 +553,111 @@ no_match:
}
+/*
+ * make_absolute_path
+ *
+ * If the given pathname isn't already absolute, make it so, interpreting
+ * it relative to the current working directory.
+ *
+ * Also canonicalizes the path. The result is always a malloc'd copy.
+ *
+ * In backend, failure cases result in ereport(ERROR); in frontend,
+ * we write a complaint on stderr and return NULL.
+ *
+ * Note: interpretation of relative-path arguments during postmaster startup
+ * should happen before doing ChangeToDataDir(), else the user will probably
+ * not like the results.
+ */
+char *
+make_absolute_path(const char *path)
+{
+ char *new;
+
+ /* Returning null for null input is convenient for some callers */
+ if (path == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (!is_absolute_path(path))
+ {
+ char *buf;
+ size_t buflen;
+
+ buflen = MAXPGPATH;
+ for (;;)
+ {
+ buf = malloc(buflen);
+ if (!buf)
+ {
+#ifndef FRONTEND
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
+ errmsg("out of memory")));
+#else
+ fprintf(stderr, _("out of memory\n"));
+ return NULL;
+#endif
+ }
+
+ if (getcwd(buf, buflen))
+ break;
+ else if (errno == ERANGE)
+ {
+ free(buf);
+ buflen *= 2;
+ continue;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ free(buf);
+#ifndef FRONTEND
+ elog(ERROR, "could not get current working directory: %m");
+#else
+ fprintf(stderr, _("could not get current working directory: %s\n"),
+ strerror(errno));
+ return NULL;
+#endif
+ }
+ }
+
+ new = malloc(strlen(buf) + strlen(path) + 2);
+ if (!new)
+ {
+ free(buf);
+#ifndef FRONTEND
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
+ errmsg("out of memory")));
+#else
+ fprintf(stderr, _("out of memory\n"));
+ return NULL;
+#endif
+ }
+ sprintf(new, "%s/%s", buf, path);
+ free(buf);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ new = strdup(path);
+ if (!new)
+ {
+#ifndef FRONTEND
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
+ errmsg("out of memory")));
+#else
+ fprintf(stderr, _("out of memory\n"));
+ return NULL;
+#endif
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Make sure punctuation is canonical, too */
+ canonicalize_path(new);
+
+ return new;
+}
+
+
/*
* get_share_path
*/
diff --git a/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c b/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
index abde5b477c670068e051315e04650af365b2a92f..07dd8037ac3f3323a869cc8bbaa1aad37302061d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
+++ b/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
@@ -1855,33 +1855,6 @@ create_role(const char *rolename, const _stringlist * granted_dbs)
}
}
-static char *
-make_absolute_path(const char *in)
-{
- char *result;
-
- if (is_absolute_path(in))
- result = strdup(in);
- else
- {
- static char cwdbuf[MAXPGPATH];
-
- if (!cwdbuf[0])
- {
- if (!getcwd(cwdbuf, sizeof(cwdbuf)))
- {
- fprintf(stderr, _("could not get current working directory: %s\n"), strerror(errno));
- exit(2);
- }
- }
-
- result = psprintf("%s/%s", cwdbuf, in);
- }
-
- canonicalize_path(result);
- return result;
-}
-
static void
help(void)
{