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On 5/1/23 10:50, Scott Ribe wrote:
>> On May 1, 2023, at 9:25 AM, David G. Johnston<david.g.johnston@gmail.com>  wrote:
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>> The arguments about "the Unix way" seem to have forgotten the point about being silent except in cases of exception, and this level of detail already violates that premise.
> It would be a reasonable convenience. I think some of the pushback is from the framing that not having it is a defect.

Exactly.  It's a convenience, the lack of which is easily worked around.

What would /really/ be useful are timestamps (both start and completion of 
dump) and an easy association of ".dat numbers" with table names.

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Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia.
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    On 5/1/23 10:50, Scott Ribe wrote:<br>
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        <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On May 1, 2023, at 9:25 AM, David G. Johnston <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:david.g.johnston@gmail.com">&lt;david.g.johnston@gmail.com&gt;</a> wrote:

The arguments about "the Unix way" seem to have forgotten the point about being silent except in cases of exception, and this level of detail already violates that premise.
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It would be a reasonable convenience. I think some of the pushback is from the framing that not having it is a defect.</pre>
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    Exactly.  It's a convenience, the lack of which is easily worked
    around.<br>
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    What would <i>really</i> be useful are timestamps (both start and
    completion of dump) and an easy association of ".dat numbers" with
    table names.<br>
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    <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
      Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia.</div>
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