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Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com> writes:
> Will the v9.6 pg_dump exit with a non-zero exit code if the dump volume =
runs =

> out of space?

It'll report any error reported by fwrite/fputc/fclose.  But we didn't
add a forced fsync of the output file till later, so perhaps there are
some filesystems where you might not find out about trouble ...

			regards, tom lane