Re: ontape

Not heard of doing it that way before, Daniel. Try this one, it sounds easier: echo "\\n\\n" | ontape -s -L 0 Paul Matthews "Daniel Willems" <willems@soudal.com> on 08/10/98 11:42:52 Please respond to "Daniel Willems" <willems@soudal.com> To: informix-list@iiug.org cc: (bcc: Paul'ITID' Matthews/CHASE) Subject: ontape Hello , Working on a Digital Alpha runningWindows NT 4.0 sp 3 , we use ontape -s -L 0 to backup our Informix 7.23TC1 database. I want to use a "at" command to schedule the backup. The problem I have is that the ontape needs a <newline> at the command line after asking for the tape. Someone told me that I should use the following command : ontape -s -L 0 < enter.txtwhere enter.txt is a file containing a <new line> character, but this doesn't work ( still waiting after asking for the tape ) Please help