On Tuesday, December 16, 2025, PG Doc comments form <[email protected]> wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/app-pgverifybackup.html > Description: > > I was disappointed not to find the return code information on the > pg_verifybackup pages - I am using the utility in a script and it seems I > cannot distinguish between an invalid or 'bad' backup and a failed run (due > to e.g. bad path, missing manifest file) - it *seems* that either will > simply return as 1 but I am not certain. I would like to differentiate > between these states. > This isn’t a good place to request feature enhancements. There isn’t an issue with the documentation - the program doesn’t provide multiple conditional exit codes. Post a patch to -hackers or a feature request to -general (mailing list). David J.
