Re: Ontape via Cronjob

Aaron Herskowitz wrote: > > We run Informix On-Line Dynamic Server 7.22. We currently run archives > via "ontape -s -L 0" *manually* on a daily basis on several servers. I > would like to automate this process so that we can just create a script > with the command, and run it via cron at night (loading a new tape each > day). > > I have tested a few ways of doing this, but I get stuck at the: > > Please mount tape 1 on /dev/rmt/1 and press Return to continue > ... > > We have a shell script that does the "ontape -a" that uses a command > line of > > (echo "\\n"; echo "n\\n") | ontape -a > > to get past the same message, but for some reason this doesn't work with > "ontape -s". > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please send responses directly > to me at mailto:aaron@intraware.com and I will post a summary. > > Thanks, > Aaron > -- > Aaron Herskowitz Mailto:aaron@intraware.com > Systems Engineer Voice:510-253-4566 > intraware Inc. Fax:510-253-4599 > Send XL T-Shirts to 25 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA 94563 > http://www.intraware.com Short Time -> Short Answer Please try this script: ontape -s -L 0 << EOF EOF This is a Here-script. The second (empty) line stands for the RETURN after "Please mount tape ... and press Return to continue...". Hope this helps. Best regards Ruediger