Re: TAPEDEV or -t STDIO?

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Brian Amstutz < brian.amstutz@asburyseminary.edu> wrote: > HP-UX 11i v2 > Informix 10.00.FC9 > > ontape -s -L 0 with TAPEDEV set to /dev/null takes 2 seconds or less > ontape -s -L 0 -t STDIO > /dev/null still running after 30 minutes> > Besides the question of "why" is it so much longer when using -t STDIO, my > real question is if this archive were to a "real" file (instead of > /dev/null), would the time difference be significantly longer as well - > i.e. would using -t STDIO > <somefile> take significantly longer than > setting TAPEDEV to <somefile>? > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > Others have already answered your question, but as a suggestion why no simply use: ontape -s -L 0 -t /dev/null This'll get around the need to modify TAPEDEV for those one off occasions. I don't think it's documented but I seem to remember it working fine for me. Ron