Re: ontape

Daniel Willems wrote: > > 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.txt> where enter.txt is a file containing a <new line> character, but this > doesn't work ( still waiting after asking for the tape ) > > Please help Actually you need two newlines. Daniel, keep in mind that this will only work if the entire archive fits on a single tape volume. If not ontape will hang again, irretrievably, asking for the second tape to be mounted. Art S. Kagel