Re: pg_dump why no indicator of completion

2023年5月1日(月) 22:26 richard coleman <rcoleman(dot)ascentgl(at)gmail(dot)com>:
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> Scott,
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> Generally I run pg_dump nohup in the background with all outputs captured to a file. Finding the exit message is simply a matter of navigating to the bottom of the output file and checking.
> Excepting for pg_dump, I don't generally have to worry about exit values as most command line programs are either short-lived and obvious, like ls, or emit their own text exit status.

If you do need to run pg_dump manually, have you considered running each
invocation in a terminal multiplexer such as "screen" or "tmux"? The
thought of long-running processes hanging around in NOHUP purgatory
fills me with a sense of impending doom.

Regards

Ian Barwick