Re: ontape non-interactiv?

Stefan Mayer wrote: > > I want to backup my informix-db nightly on disk, so > is there a possibility to run a script in a non-interactive mode? > > tonga@~ > ontape -s -L 0 > > Please mount tape 1 on /disk/archive.dev and press Return to continue ... > > As far as I know, the ontape command has only the two switches above. > > thanks in advance, > > Stefan > > -- > Stefan Mayer mayer@informatik.uni-freiburg.de > Institut f"ur Informatik > Universit"at Freiburg phone: +49 (761) 203-8189 > Am Flughafen 17, Gebaeude 51 secretary: +49 (761) 203-8160 > 79110 Freiburg, Germany fax: +49 (761) 203-8109 We use expect (unix shell based on tcl) to do the easy stuff (like "ontape -s -L0<foo") but more importantly, to change tapes when it prompts you at the end of one. Very easy to do. Rob. -- _________________________________ | Robert Donat | | rdonat@sigg.com | | http://sashimi.wwa.com/~donat | |_______________________________|