Re: pg_dump why no indicator of completion

At least it you use plaintext dump, you can check with tail dumpFile for the message

Am 1. Mai 2023 02:18:06 MESZ schrieb richard coleman <rcoleman(dot)ascentgl(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>Hi all,
>
>I've been working with pg_dump and one thing that's always struck me as
>strange is that there never seems to be an indication in the log that the
>pg_dump process completed successfully.
>
>For example, I've been running a bunch of backups with pg_dump in directory
>mode with multiple jobs. When I come back several hours later there are no
>pg_dump processes running. The log is filled with:
>
>dumping contents of foo
>finished item 123456 of TABLE DATA bar
>etc.
>
>
>Other than trying to restore the multi terabyte database somewhere else is
>there any way to know that it actually finished successfully?
>
>Why doesn't pg_dump add a line in the output like:
>
>pg_backup finished
>
>when it's completed successfully?
>
>This seems like a terrible oversight.
>
>Am I missing something obvious?
>
>Thanks,
>rik.