Re: pg_dump error codes

Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 08:45:28AM -0200, alexandre - aldeia digital wrote:
>>In my Linux bash backup scripts, I wish to send an e-mail when an error
>>occurs in pg_dump proccess. And if possible, I want to send the error
>>output via e-mail.
>>
>>Anybody knows how to capture the output and send this to an e-mail ONLY
>>if an error occurs ?
>
> This is more of a shell scripting question than a PostgreSQL question.
> See your shell's documentation and read about I/O redirection and
> control structures like "if".

I know, but I don't found if the pg_dump returns some error code after a
problem.

>
> Here's a simple but only minimally-tested example that might give
> you some ideas:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> dumpout=/tmp/dump.out.$$
> dumperr=/tmp/dump.err.$$
> erruser=root
>
> trap "rm -f $dumperr $dumpout; exit" 1 2 15
>
> if ! pg_dump "$@" > $dumpout 2> $dumperr
> then
> rm -f $dumpout
> mail -s "Dump errors" $erruser < $dumperr
> fi
>
> rm -f $dumperr
>

Thank you very much! :)
This is all I need...

Alexandre