Re: DB EXPORT from UNIX to NT Box

Hello, Run dbexport to disk (just as dbexport dbname) then run the cpio or tar to save the export to tape: tar cvf /dev/your_tape_device dbname.exp OR find dbname.exp -depth -print | cpio -ocvmB > /dev/your_tape_device To restore the archive from the tape (well, I don't know how to do this in NT, but supposing the options are simmilar with the UNIX ones): tar xvf your_NT_tape_device_name OR cpio -icvdumB -I your_NT_tape_device_name Alternatively you can use the dbexport feature for saving data directly to tape: dbexport dbname -t your_tape_device_name AND dbimport dbname -t your_NT_tape_device_name Hope this helps, Octav On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 06:34:46PM -0600, Robert S. Moore wrote: > I have a date tomorrow to run a DBEXPORT on a SUN Sparc to create a tape > that I then must read on my NT4.0 Server. > > I'm planning to use the MKS Utilities for NT to read the tape. > > It has been a long time since I used Informix or Unix. > > Can some nice person out there please give me the syntax to key in to create > the tape as a CPIO or TAR archive output from the DBEXPORT command. > > Many thanks, > > Bob Moore > rsmoore@airnet.net > > -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 21 20 96 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 24 00 83 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com