Re: Unattended ontape

"Schneider Peter" <Peter.Schneider@sni.siemens.at> wrote: :John Morton <mortonj@interlog.com> wrote in article :<335695a5.186425653@news.interlog.com>... :> Hi there. We're looking at automating our nightly archive via a shell :> script (AIX) run via cron, but we can't figure out how to simulate the :> enter key after the tape is mounted. :> :You should use the so called here-document: : ontape -s -L 0 <<END : : END :The empty line simulates the enter key. If someone have the old faq or otherwise know could they please post the problems that where described with using this simple shellscript. I can't find it in the new faq. May be I haven't looked good enough? Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org