| From: | Gavan Schneider <list(dot)pg(dot)gavan(at)pendari(dot)org> |
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| Cc: | richard coleman <rcoleman(dot)ascentgl(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_dump why no indicator of completion |
| Date: | 2023-05-01 01:08:03 |
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On 1 May 2023, at 10:18, richard coleman wrote:
> Why doesn't pg_dump add a line in the output like:
>
> pg_backup finished
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And, consider an option to include the MD5 and/or SHA256 checksum(s) for what should be on the file system.
> when it's completed successfully?
>
Or, more generally, the appropriate status
From a basic perspective we can expect the *nix shell to get a non-zero exit status for pg_dump in the event of failure, but this is not an explicit promise in the diagnostics section of my copy of the man entry (maybe too obvious :).
Regards
Gavan
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