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From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pg_dump why no indicator of completion
Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 02:41:47 -0500
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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?

-- 
Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia.

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