Re: pg_dump why no indicator of completion

Scott,

Which, running more than one command from the shell prompt in a single
logon session, or not emitting an exit message?

rik.

On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 8:59 AM Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com>
wrote:

> > On May 1, 2023, at 6:56 AM, richard coleman <rcoleman(dot)ascentgl(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Since multiple pg_dump commands are often run at the same command
> prompt, and they can take hours, if not days to run, and there are a myriad
> of other commands the will be run in the interim, any exit code generated
> by pg_dump with be lost in the flotsam and jetsam of the multitude of exit
> codes created by every other command run between the calling of pg_dump and
> it's eventual termination. It could have completed successfully, crashed,
> been killed, etc.
>
> That sounds like a really bad way to do things...