Background ontape -c problem

I am running Informix 9.21FC-1 on an HP 9000 N4000 running HP-UX 11.00. I have been running ontape -c in a small script that executes in the background via a batch command for about 18 months now with no problems at all.Here is the output of the script: export INFORMIXSERVER=baan export INFORMIXDIR=/informix export ONCONFIG=onconfig.baan export PATH=$PATH:$INFORMIXDIR/bin /usr/bin/rm /tmp/inf_logfile.log /usr/bin/touch /tmp/inf_logfile.log ontape -c >>/tmp/inf_logfile.log << EOFecho EOF I rebooted the system the other day, as part of a normal procedure, and when the system came back up- the /sbin/init.d process that brings the engine back up did just that, but the batch process that executes the statup of the ontape -c process did not work: batch <<EOF inf_log.backup EOF When I looked in the logfile, I found the following error: Could not set resource limit: errno 1 There are no other signs of error except for an rc=255 in the cron log. Dmesg, /var/adm/syslog, the online log, and console log are all empty- the process just seems to fail with the above message. Ontape -c will run to the same tape drive when run interactively- it just will not work in batch. Cron does not seem to affect the nightly full backup as well- it runs fine. Here are the tape specs: MSGPATH /informix/logs/online_prod.log # System message log file path CONSOLE /informix/logs/console_prod.log # System console message path ALARMPROGRAM /informix/etc/no_log.sh # Alarm program path #ALARMPROGRAM /informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path TBLSPACE_STATS 1 # Maintain tblspace statistics # System Archive Tape Device TAPEDEV /dev/rmt/1m # Tape device path#TAPEDEV /dev/null # Tape device path TAPEBLK 2048 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 50000000 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes) # Log Archive Tape Device LTAPEDEV /dev/rmt/0m # Log tape device path#LTAPEDEV /dev/null # Log tape device path LTAPEBLK 2048 # Log tape block size (Kbytes) I've called both HP and Informix- neither one is sure where the problem is. Thanks, Russ Kahler Technical Services Analyst The Andersons Maumee Ohio Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/