Re: pg_dump end comment

Tom Lane wrote:
> Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> > This might seem a bit silly, but is there any chance we could add a
> > comment at the end of pg_dump text output that says '-- End of dump'?
>
> Sure --- while you're at it, put a "beginning of dump" at the start.
>
> Is it worth adding the database name and/or other command-line
> parameters given to pg_dump?
>
> One thing to think about is the difference between a bare pg_dump and a
> pg_dump/pg_restore sequence. Should these always generate identical
> text output? (They do as of CVS tip, I believe, though this was not
> always true before.)
>
> Possibly this is all gilding the lily though...

I like an end-of-dump marker for folks who want to check if the dump got
truncated somehow. I can see how to do that for text dumps, but what
about for tar or custom dumps?

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