Does mysqldump return a status?

Question

I am creating a script that backups a mysql db using the mysqldump utility. I am writing this script in the shell "sh". I would like to capture the output status of mysqldump in the script (i.e. if the mysqldump command failed or succeeded) so I can report if the script was successful or not.

• Does mysqldump return an output status?
• Can someone please give me instructions on how to do this?

Answer 1

You could use bash exit codes.

Pseudocode

if $? == 0 then successful else ....