dir = AllocateDir(directory);
    while ((entry = ReadDir(dir, directory)) != NULL)
    {
-       int     nitems;
-       Oid     tmp_oid;
-       char    tmp_type[8];
-       char    tmp_rest[2];
-
-       if (strncmp(entry->d_name, ".", 2) == 0 ||
-           strncmp(entry->d_name, "..", 3) == 0)
-           continue;
+       int         nchars;
+       Oid         tmp_oid;
 
        /*
         * Skip directory entries that don't match the file names we write.
         * See get_dbstat_filename for the database-specific pattern.
         */
-       nitems = sscanf(entry->d_name, "db_%u.%5s%1s",
-                       &tmp_oid, tmp_type, tmp_rest);
-       if (nitems != 2)
+       if (strncmp(entry->d_name, "global.", 7) == 0)
+           nchars = 7;
+       else
        {
-           nitems = sscanf(entry->d_name, "global.%5s%1s",
-                           tmp_type, tmp_rest);
-           if (nitems != 1)
+           nchars = 0;
+           (void) sscanf(entry->d_name, "db_%u.%n",
+                         &tmp_oid, &nchars);
+           if (nchars <= 0)
+               continue;
+           /* %u allows leading whitespace, so reject that */
+           if (strchr("0123456789", entry->d_name[3]) == NULL)
                continue;
        }
 
-       if (strncmp(tmp_type, "tmp", 4) != 0 &&
-           strncmp(tmp_type, "stat", 5) != 0)
+       if (strcmp(entry->d_name + nchars, "tmp") != 0 &&
+           strcmp(entry->d_name + nchars, "stat") != 0)
            continue;
 
        snprintf(fname, MAXPGPATH, "%s/%s", directory,