Re: Script Parameter Passed to Ontape Restore script
Art,
First I must apologize, your suggestion did work. I thought that the
procedure was prompting me for more information based on the screen image.
However, ontape was actually restoring the data. I found this fact by
looking at performance monitor. Thanks for your assistance. I do have a
couple more brief questions. First, do you know where can I locate some
documentation concerning ksh commands/language? Further, to complete my
ksh ontape auto restore script, I need to find a way to pause or wait or
loop for about 30 seconds to 1 minute before I execute the command to bring
Informix back online. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for all of your help,
Jim
(jhimschoot@CroweChizek.Com)
"ART KAGEL,
BLOOMBERG/ To:
NEW YORK" cc:
<KAGEL@bloomb Subject: Re: Script Parameter Passed to
erg.net> Ontape Restore script
11/15/1999
11:13 AM
I do not know. There are some platforms, I know, where ontape is adamant
about
talking to a real tty. Try adding lots of 'n's if that does not work, have
you
posted to CDI? Perhaps someone else running on your platform who uses
scripting can help out.
---- Original Msg from: jhimschoot@CroweChizek.Com At: 11/12 16:02
Art,
Thanks for the valuable info. I created and executed a file with the
commands that you suggested. The restore begins, and the first two
parameters are passed. However, I cannot seem to pass a "n" to the
remaining questions which will all be answered no. How do I pass an "n"?
I cannot get passed the "Do you want to backup...logs...(y/n)" question.
The script looks like:
ontape -r <<EOF >> ${LOGFILEy
y
n
n
EOF
It's sooooooooooooooo close.
Thanks for your time,
Jim
"Art S.
Kagel" To: James A
Himschoot/SB/CroweChizek/US
<kagel@bloomb cc:
erg.net> Subject: Re: Script Parameter
Passed to
Ontape Restore script
11/01/1999
10:33 AM
Please
respond to
kagel
jhimschoot@CroweChizek.Com wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me the command to pass a parameter to "ontape -r" in a
> batch script? I have been trying the following command, echo "y\\n"
|ontape
> -r >> ${LOGFILE}, but the y and n do not get passed. I can be reached a
ontape wants a tty to talk to. On some systems this means that piping in
input does not work. On many systems a 'here script' will work instead:
ontape -r <<EOF >> ${LOGFILEy
y
EOF