Re: pg_dump verbose start and stop times?

From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_dump verbose start and stop times?
Date: 2025-05-30 12:39:43
Message-ID: CANzqJaCqvh4TMxMzkbP-pFSOpCMqjJsyfSkOziPmOwrKcbVWvg@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
wrote:

> On Thu, 2025-05-29 at 20:51 -0400, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Honestly, who cares if start and stop times are in the dump file?
> stderr is where a DBA wants to see timings.
>
> I guess everybody has different preferences.
> These days, few DBAs stare at the screen, waiting for a report on the
> console
> when the job is done.
>

Unix has had stderr redirection for 35(?) years. Mailing lists are for
small reproducers, not for 2MB of output from "real" backups.

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