I have found that pg_xlogdump looks for WAL files in the in the current
directory and the pg_wal subdirectory of both the current directory and
the PGDATA directory. Doc patch attached.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_xlogdump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_xlogdump.sgml
new file mode 100644
index cfb6d87..a229581
*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_xlogdump.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_xlogdump.sgml
*************** PostgreSQL documentation
*** 118,125 ****
<listitem>
<para>
Directory in which to find log segment files. The default is to search
! for them in the <literal>pg_wal</literal> subdirectory of the current
! directory.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
--- 118,126 ----
<listitem>
<para>
Directory in which to find log segment files. The default is to search
! for them in the current directory, and the <literal>pg_wal</literal>
! subdirectory of both the current directory and the
! <envar>PGDATA</envar> directory.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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