2023年5月1日(月) 22:26 richard coleman <rcoleman.ascentgl@gmail.com>:
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> Scott,
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> Generally I run pg_dump nohup in the background with all outputs captured to a file. Finding the exit message is
simplya 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-livedand 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
