2023年5月1日(月) 22:26 richard coleman <rcoleman.ascentgl@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Scott, > > Generally I run pg_dump nohup in the background with all outputs captured to a file. Finding the exit message is simply a matter of navigating to the bottom of the output file and checking. > Excepting for pg_dump, I don't generally have to worry about exit values as most command line programs are either short-lived and obvious, like ls, or emit their own text exit status. If you do need to run pg_dump manually, have you considered running each invocation in a terminal multiplexer such as "screen" or "tmux"? The thought of long-running processes hanging around in NOHUP purgatory fills me with a sense of impending doom. Regards Ian Barwick
