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On 4/30/23 19:18, richard coleman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been working with pg_dump and one thing that's always struck me as 
> strange is that there never seems to be an indication in the log that the 
> pg_dump process completed successfully.
>
> For example, I've been running a bunch of backups with pg_dump in 
> directory mode with multiple jobs.  When I come back several hours later 
> there are no pg_dump processes running.  The log is filled with:
>
>     dumping contents of foo
>     finished item 123456 of TABLE DATA bar
>     etc.
>
>
> Other than trying to restore the multi terabyte database somewhere else is 
> there any way to know that it actually finished successfully?
>
> Why doesn't pg_dump add a line in the output like:
>
>     pg_backup finished
>
> when it's completed successfully?
>
> This seems like a terrible oversight.
>
> Am I missing something obvious?

"They" expect you to do the Unix Thing and check $?. Thus, that's what I do; 
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    On 4/30/23 19:18, richard coleman wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Hi all, 
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>I've been working with pg_dump and one thing that's always
          struck me as strange is that there never seems to be an
          indication in the log that the pg_dump process completed
          successfully.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>For example, I've been running a bunch of backups with
          pg_dump in directory mode with multiple jobs.  When I come
          back several hours later there are no pg_dump processes
          running.  The log is filled with:<br>
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        <blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
          <div>dumping contents of foo</div>
          <div>finished item 123456 of TABLE DATA bar</div>
          <div>etc.</div>
        </blockquote>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Other than trying to restore the multi terabyte database
          somewhere else is there any way to know that it actually
          finished successfully?</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Why doesn't pg_dump add a line in the output like:<br>
        </div>
        <blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
          <div>pg_backup finished</div>
        </blockquote>
        <div>when it's completed successfully? </div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>This seems like a terrible oversight.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Am I missing something obvious?</div>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    "They" expect you to do the Unix Thing and check <font
      face="monospace">$?</font>. Thus, that's what I do; any non-zero
    value generates an email with a scary subject line, the specifics of
    which are based on the exact code value.  I'm not near my work
    computer; otherwise I'd share them with you.<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
      Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia.</div>
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