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
