Problem with dbexport on NT

We are using Informix WGS 7.24 on WinNT 4.x version. It seems that dbexport will work only on local hard drives. If we try to dbexport on a network drive, it gives following error message:- Subdirectory already exists. I checked that directory and there is no <database.exp> directory there. This is a serious problem for us. We allocated too much space for our dbspaces and now we are running out of free space in our C: drive. I would like to dbexport the database , reinitiliase the database with less space for dbspaces and dbimport data back. Because of the above problem I am forced to dbexport on the local drive which anyhow has insufficient space for dbexport. Please email me back (remove nospam from the reply address). TIA. Ravi. -- Posted via Talkway - http://www.talkway.com Exchange ideas on practically anything (tm).

FWIW It might be easier to: 1) bring the engine offline 2) copy the chunk files elsewhere, where there is more space 3) replace the original file with a symbolic link to the new location 4) bring the engine back up Art S. Kagel Ravi Krishna wrote: > > We are using Informix WGS 7.24 on WinNT 4.x version. > > It seems that dbexport will work only on local hard drives. If we try > to dbexport on a network drive, it gives following error message:- > > Subdirectory already exists. > > I checked that directory and there is no <database.exp> directory there. > > This is a serious problem for us. We allocated too much space for our > dbspaces and now we are running out of free space in our C: drive. > I would like to dbexport the database , reinitiliase the database with > less space for dbspaces and dbimport data back. > > Because of the above problem I am forced to dbexport on the local drive > which anyhow has insufficient space for dbexport. > > Please email me back (remove nospam from the reply address). > > TIA. > > Ravi. > -- > Posted via Talkway - http://www.talkway.com > Exchange ideas on practically anything (tm).