Re: pg_dump warning format?

[Erik Jones <erik@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 15, 2007, at 9:08 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

Erik Jones <erik@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Basically I need a way for my script to know if it needs to  

abort because there were issues with the dump before it follows  

through with the drop db...

Well, just checking the exit status from pg_dump ought to give you at

least a go/no-go indicator.  If you want to be significantly more

paranoid, you could try the theory that *any* output to stderr is

indicative of a problem.

Thanks.  I guess I just wasn't sure as to whether or not anything other than "bad" messages were written to stderr.  Given the intent of stderr you wouldn't think so, but I've seen cases where it was so.

erik jones <erik@xxxxxxxxxx>

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