Re: How to start Informix online at boot time?

Well, I'd rather not launch informix as root, because I like to be able to see the system resources taken by informix (ipcs,etc...) So, you'd better do this in your /etc/rc2.d/<script> ONCONFIG=onconfig.<yours> INFORMIXDIR=<your informix dir> INFORMIXSERVER=<yours>. . other variables you might need go here . export ONCONFIG INFORMIXDIR INFORMIXSERVER ...su informix -c $INFORMIXDIR/bin/oninit <EOF> (note the missing "-" in "su", which means: "just change your id, don't execute .profile") Cheers Claude Lachat wrote: > > Do not need to su : you can launch online as root from the inittab. Just > create a script witch sets the appropriate variables correctly, like > this one : > > sleep 30 # wait 30 seconds (end of fast recovery) before running > the logical logscontinous backup > $INFORMIXDIR/start.savelog # launches continuous backup (ontape -c) in > background for logical logs BTW, the "sleep 30" is unreliable, Claude should do something like this : while `onstat -|grep -q "On-Line"` do sleep 1 done (to be tested, I don't use that) > > I created a script under /etc/rc2.d (Unixware 2.1.2) > > with the following line > > > > su - informix -c /home/informix/bin/oninit > > > > This is not successful, since within the informix > > .profile there are some interactions with the > > standard input. How can I respond > > to questions asked by the .profile script within > > the script runing at boot time? > > > > Jun -- Valery Fouques Valery.Fouques@wanadoo.fr SYSADMIN GOSPORT-FRANCE /\\oO/\\ _ __/| \\`O.o' http://perso.wanadoo.fr/valeryf =(_ _)= U