Re: onbar with 7.24

I ran into this same problem when I first tested OnBar. Yes, Informix changed the behavior of OnBar between 7.22 & 7.23. Under 7.22 it was up to the alarm program to do a 'onbar -l' after the 'onbar -b' completes (current log change). Under 7.23 and greater an 'onbar -b' automatically does an 'onbar -l' at the end of the backup and the alarm program gets fired off when the current logical log is advanced. I solved the problem this way: my alarm script checks for a 'onbar -l' process, if it doesn't see one running then it fires off a 'onbar -l' otherwise the alarm script just returns. I opened a case with Informix on this feature and they said that it's supposed to work that way. Case closed. Doug B. On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:17:20 +0100, Jonathan Myatt > << snip >> >Ugh. Whilst I agree that the above would work, it doesn't sound >particularly simple to me. What concerns me is that everything >works fine at the moment under 7.22, but doesn't under 7.24. So, >onbar must have changed, but I can't find any references to this. >It seems rather odd that I should have to implement this, which >will mean modifying many backup scripts, and the alarm handler >script, just because of a version change. > >Jon.