does pg_dump get delayed if I have a loop that does continuous insertions

[anj patnaik <patna73@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am running pg_dump on a database while on another machine running a loop to do insertions.

Does pg_dump wait for idle activity before it completes or how does it determine when it has all the records needed for archiving?

I am using the compressed mode and also using xz.

Thanks,

ap