RE: ontape -s to disk

Gene Sais wrote >Rather than re-invent the wheel, does anyone have a script that will backup >an Informix db to disk using ontape? This is one that works for me and compresses on the fly. To restore, unzip the file first, and then do normal ontape -r. ( It backs up an instance rather than a database) # ontape backup# TAPEDEV should be set to OTFILENAME # $1 is parameter passed to script of date & other info for file name, ie 20041231-live OUTF=OT$1.zip cd /usr/informix/export2/ontape mknod OTFILENAME p # used first time round only touch $OUTF chmod 660 OTFILENAME chmod 660 $OUTF /usr/ixbin/utils/zip < OTFILENAME > $OUTF & # path of compress program echo '0\\n\\n' | ontape -s echo "End OnTape "`date` Colin Bull _______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. _______________________________________________________________________ sending to informix-list