On 5/1/23 22:21, Tim wrote:
> > After reading the responses in this thread I've adjusted it to capture
> the exit status
>
> Just so I'm not a complete troll, heres your example which also appends a
> success/fail message :)
>
> nohup $(pg_dump ${connection_details} > something.log 2>&1 && echo "pgdump
> succeded" >> something.log || echo "pgdump failed" something.log) &
Out of curiosity, why this:
> something.log 2>&1
instead of that?
&> something.log
Yes, "&>" is a bashism, but so what?
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