These functions are intended to be used by monitoring tools, and,
unlike pg_ls_dir(), access to them can be granted to non-superusers,
so that those monitoring tools can observe the principle of least
privilege.

Dave Page, revised by me, and also reviewed a bit by Thomas Munro.

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