pg_resetwal: Improve error with wrong/missing data directory

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>

Commit: 1d863c250461410e60c9ed5d3180f32336f4c3e2
Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Date: 2023-09-28T09:40:00Z
Releases: 17.0
pg_resetwal: Improve error with wrong/missing data directory

Run chdir() before permission check to get a less confusing error
message if the specified data directory does not exist.

Reviewed-by: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/0f3ab4a1-ae80-56e8-3426-6b4a02507687@eisentraut.org

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