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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:08:27 -0200
From: Igor Gavriloff <igor@nupes.cefetpr.br>
Organization: NuPES
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To: "pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org" <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Subject: What's going wrong?
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Hi,

    I'm trying to write a function in C that I can load into postgres,
that basically removes a file from the system (quite unsafe thought, but
it'll be suitable for me here):

#include <postgres.h>
#include <stdio.h>

bool file_remove(text *this)
{
        if (remove((char *)this) == 0) return (true);
        else return (false);
}

    I compile it and link as instructed for Solaris (where the backend
runs), and load it with:

CREATE FUNCTION file_remove(text) RETURNS bool AS '/path/file_remove.so'
LANGUAGE 'c';

    But it always returns false when I try to remove something. I'm sure
that I'm trying to remove files that the the backend's user owns (have
write access). If I try to make any changes on this code (eg.: the
casts...), when I try to use it the backends terminates abnormally.
    Does someone can give me a clue?

Thanks,
Igor.