RE: alarmprogram.bat and ontape

You need to feed the ekystrokes required by ontape into the process. ontape -a << filename_with_keystrokes > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Bill Hamilton > Sent: Tuesday, 2 March 2004 8:47 a.m. > To: informix-list > Subject: alarmprogram.bat and ontape > > > In alarmprogram.bat, I set: > SET BACKUPLOGS=Y > SET BACKUP_CMD=ontape -a > > the onconfig file has > ALARMPROGRAM C:\\PROGRA~1\\Informix\\etc\\alarmprogram.bat > > When the logs filled up, the log file showed > 15:38:44 Logical Log Files are Full -- Backup is Needed> but a backup did NOT start. > > The IDS email'ed me a message, that the logs were full, but ontape did not > run. > Is this because ontape has no "-y" switch and cannot run from bat file ? > > > sending to informix-list sending to informix-list