Re: pg_dump - how to force to show timestamps in client log

On 2020-11-20 19:01:47 +0100, Durumdara wrote:
> We need to log the pg_dump's state.
> What objects are in copy, and what are the starting and ending times.
>
> But when I try to redirect the output, the result doesn't have timestamps.
>
> PG 11, on Windows.
>
> As I see the -v option isn't enough to see the starting times.
>
> For example:
>
> 2020-11-19 12:00:01.084 Dump table content table1
> 2020-11-19 12:03:12.932 Dump table content table2

You can pipe the output through a timestamping tool like this:

pg_dump --compress=5 -v -Fd -f "$name.$$" $db 2>&1 | ts > log/"$name".$(isodate).log

ts is available here: https://github.com/hjp/simple/tree/master/ts

hp

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