On 1 May 2023, at 10:18, richard coleman wrote:
> Why doesn't pg_dump add a line in the output like:
>
> pg_backup finished
>
And, consider an option to include the MD5 and/or SHA256 checksum(s) for what should be on the file system.
> when it's completed successfully?
>
Or, more generally, the appropriate status
From a basic perspective we can expect the *nix shell to get a non-zero exit status for pg_dump in the event of
failure,but this is not an explicit promise in the diagnostics section of my copy of the man entry (maybe too obvious
:).
Regards
Gavan