Re: pg_dump end comment

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> > > This might seem a bit silly, but is there any chance we could add a
> > > comment at the end of pg_dump text output that says '-- End of dump'?
> >
> > Sure --- while you're at it, put a "beginning of dump" at the start.
> >
> > Is it worth adding the database name and/or other command-line
> > parameters given to pg_dump?
> >
> > One thing to think about is the difference between a bare pg_dump and a
> > pg_dump/pg_restore sequence. Should these always generate identical
> > text output? (They do as of CVS tip, I believe, though this was not
> > always true before.)
> >
> > Possibly this is all gilding the lily though...
>
> I like an end-of-dump marker for folks who want to check if the dump got
> truncated somehow. I can see how to do that for text dumps, but what
> about for tar or custom dumps?

Wouldn't it be more effective to test for non zero return status as this
handles -Fc cases, etc, which would be non-trivial to test.

Gavin