Re: dbexport/dbimport w/ new name

In article <45boit$rtt$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> Patrick Soehl <102121.3564@CompuServe.COM> writes: writes... >I'm trying to export/import a db and rename it...What I'm trying >to accomplish is to make a copy (eventually several copies). >1) dbexport -o /usr2/informix mumble1 >This creates a mumble1.exp >If I use another instance, I can get >dbimport mumble1 to work just fine. >dbimport -i /usr2/informix mumcopy >dbimport -i /usr2/informix/mumble1.exp mumcopy >Both give me >"Cannot open sql script file" >Now, according to the "OnLine Administrator's Guide, v5.0" >p7-9 "You can give the database a new name if you use the >-i option". Of course, it doesn't give an example of how to >do that. >OnLine v5.05 uc2 AIX V3.2.5, RS6000 >TIA >-- >No opinions, just FAX! >Uhh... I mean FACTS! I have done exactly this procedure using a shell script, where I do the dbexport, then rename the nnn.exp directory, as well as the nnn.sql script in the nnn.exp directory, subsequent to this I import the database. I can let you have the script if you wish