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Re: Using onunload command in shell script

Posted in 2001

Topics: Server Administration, Migration, Import/Export & Data Conversion

Brett Geer — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Its the << redirect. brett Muhammad Usman wrote: > > Hi! > > My shell script contains: > > #!/bin/sh > # > mt -f /dev/rmt/1 rewind > # > # Stores7 Database Tables. > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:call_type << @ 2>&1 > echo '\\n' > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:catalog << @ 2>&1 > echo '\\n' > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:cust_calls << @ 2>&1 > echo '\\n' > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:customer << @ 2>&1 > echo '\\n' > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:items << @ 2>&1 > echo '\\n' > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:log_record << @ 2>&1 > echo '\\n' > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:manufact << @ 2>&1 > echo '\\n' > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:orders << @ 2>&1> > The above script only executes the first onunload command and come out from > the script. > > Can anyone help me on this. > > regards > > Muhammad Usman > musman@iffco.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Get your FREE web-based e-mail and newsgroup access at: > http://MailAndNews.com > > Create a new mailbox, or access your existing IMAP4 or > POP3 mailbox from anywhere with just a web browser. > ------------------------------------------------------------ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brett's 13th law of UNIX administration... The 13th sucks, we'll skip this one ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brett Geer - UNIX Admin/Analyst/Programmer - Intratex Holdings. Tel. +27 31 717 4000 Direct. +27 31 717 4146 Fax. +27 31 717 4001 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The little voices are talking to me again, telling me of a long forgotten rhyme... the Rhyme of the Ancient Sysadmin # ps -ef | kill -9 `awk '/albatross/{print $2}'` -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Phillip — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Also, from what I see everytime you issue the onunload command, it's going to rewrite over the previous onunload, unless you have a no rewind device as a tape drive. Brett Geer wrote: > Its the << redirect. > > brett > > Muhammad Usman wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > My shell script contains: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > # > > mt -f /dev/rmt/1 rewind > > # > > # Stores7 Database Tables. > > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:call_type << @ 2>&1 > > echo '\\n' > > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:catalog << @ 2>&1 > > echo '\\n' > > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:cust_calls << @ 2>&1 > > echo '\\n' > > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:customer << @ 2>&1 > > echo '\\n' > > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:items << @ 2>&1 > > echo '\\n' > > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:log_record << @ 2>&1 > > echo '\\n' > > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:manufact << @ 2>&1 > > echo '\\n' > > onunload -t /dev/rmt/1n -b 1024 -s 68157440 stores7:orders << @ 2>&1> > > > The above script only executes the first onunload command and come out from > > the script. > > > > Can anyone help me on this. > > > > regards > > > > Muhammad Usman > > musman@iffco.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Get your FREE web-based e-mail and newsgroup access at: > > http://MailAndNews.com > > > > Create a new mailbox, or access your existing IMAP4 or > > POP3 mailbox from anywhere with just a web browser. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Brett's 13th law of UNIX administration... > The 13th sucks, we'll skip this one > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Brett Geer - UNIX Admin/Analyst/Programmer - Intratex Holdings. > Tel. +27 31 717 4000 Direct. +27 31 717 4146 > Fax. +27 31 717 4001 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The little voices are talking to me again, telling me of a long > forgotten rhyme... the Rhyme of the Ancient Sysadmin > # ps -ef | kill -9 `awk '/albatross/{print $2}'` > ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Phillip Tien Database Administrator Whole Foods Market, Inc. Doctors say he has a 10% chance of living, though there's only a 50% chance of that.

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