Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ptT8N-0006S3-RH for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 01 May 2023 13:00:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ptT8M-0002Y2-PT for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 01 May 2023 13:00:02 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ptT8M-0002Xn-C5 for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 01 May 2023 13:00:02 +0000 Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([64.68.200.34]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1ptT8J-006A1N-0j for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 01 May 2023 13:00:01 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDF6E69BA5; Mon, 1 May 2023 12:59:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=elevated-dev.com; s=easymail; t=1682945995; bh=SiymW3GTE76PUpFeXvZgyAujq9+2tNAzfbKVMLjNlW8=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To:From; b=T8rfh8CR4hLm6fFEMwOH9xLFbtwxqr+XH99BaaHdIKojfH6Plt5zk94u6AcYwTzLa GFy1WgiCxDPy0h1k1IdMECtjR/QAI1M38GgQrmdQeainqN/DslyClmc151XJRksiWO +Ntl+C7LoUHRRwZoaawyFP7CCg8GS1LgUNH/nw/sR82/6wUJxwBsPJUdM0ZYAuJLfg TGzSNoS6+A/kZ81AHmS+6xp9BkSvKFHLqFt8XrSDPATa4WT1n3s+6D0NgFZPUm24lz FtWdIvUy+ySs30B8do63ds0Bq9xqSRho+z29eqYPZhcQRdZC4/zbe2he6chcXUoFsQ dN7dSbgJqrJDg== X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at emo09-pco.easydns.vpn Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (emo09-pco.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id mTwOQOgKlqTf; Mon, 1 May 2023 12:59:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpclient.apple (unknown [164.111.80.126]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1225E69AE8; Mon, 1 May 2023 12:59:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=elevated-dev.com; s=easymail; t=1682945995; bh=SiymW3GTE76PUpFeXvZgyAujq9+2tNAzfbKVMLjNlW8=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To:From; b=T8rfh8CR4hLm6fFEMwOH9xLFbtwxqr+XH99BaaHdIKojfH6Plt5zk94u6AcYwTzLa GFy1WgiCxDPy0h1k1IdMECtjR/QAI1M38GgQrmdQeainqN/DslyClmc151XJRksiWO +Ntl+C7LoUHRRwZoaawyFP7CCg8GS1LgUNH/nw/sR82/6wUJxwBsPJUdM0ZYAuJLfg TGzSNoS6+A/kZ81AHmS+6xp9BkSvKFHLqFt8XrSDPATa4WT1n3s+6D0NgFZPUm24lz FtWdIvUy+ySs30B8do63ds0Bq9xqSRho+z29eqYPZhcQRdZC4/zbe2he6chcXUoFsQ dN7dSbgJqrJDg== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3731.500.231\)) Subject: Re: pg_dump why no indicator of completion From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 1 May 2023 06:59:43 -0600 Cc: Ron , Pgsql-admin Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: richard coleman X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3731.500.231) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk > On May 1, 2023, at 6:56 AM, richard coleman = wrote: >=20 > Since multiple pg_dump commands are often run at the same command = prompt, and they can take hours, if not days to run, and there are a = myriad of other commands the will be run in the interim, any exit code = generated by pg_dump with be lost in the flotsam and jetsam of the = multitude of exit codes created by every other command run between the = calling of pg_dump and it's eventual termination. It could have = completed successfully, crashed, been killed, etc. That sounds like a really bad way to do things...=