RE: - RE: Question: IDS restore script (ontape) [1

Expect should do the job for you. To generate the expect script you should run autoexpect. When using expect ensure to disable timeout as ontape does not output anything while restoring from tape. As an alternative to expect you can also attempt to use: echo "" > response.out echo "y" > response.out echo "n" > response.out echo "n" > response.out ontape -r < response.out Regards Kenneth Penza Systems Engineer Systems and Database Services Service Management Department Malta Information Technology & Training Services Ltd Please read our Legal Notice: http://emailpolicy.mitts.gov.mt P Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail. END OF TEXT -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Marcus Haarmann Sent: 23 January 2008 14:00 To: ids@iiug.org Subject: [SPAM] - RE: Question: IDS restore script (ontape) [11065] - Email found in subject Hi, I once tried something similar (sorry, I do not have the script any more, was in a former company) and was successful by using the expect utility. Something like: spawn ontape -r expect "restore?" send y\\\\r expect "logs?" send n\\\\r Marcus -----Original Message----- From: DKasyanenko [mailto:DKasyanenko@yandex.ru] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 1:31 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: Question: IDS restore script (ontape) [11064] Hi, All! I would like to create ontape based restore script without interactive. I tried three ways: 1. echo '\\ y \\ n \\ n \\ ' | ontape -r 2. ontape -r <<! y n n ! 3. ontape -r <<EOF y n n EOF The result was the same: Please mount tape 1 on /bkpmnt/bkp/t1 and press Return to continue ... Archive Tape Information Tape type: Archive Backup Tape Online version: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC7 Archive date: Wed Jan 23 06:11:01 2008 User id: informix ............................................... 94 6 25 5000000 2925675 PO-B /app/informix/ids32/chunks/chunk6_16 95 2 25 1000000 974997 PO-B /app/informix/ids32/chunks/chunk2_2 Continue restore? (y/n)Do you want to back up the logs? (y/n) And waiting! What I doing wrong? What I need to do? Any advice, please! IDS 9.40.FC7 SunOS 5.10 Generic_118833-33 sun4v sparc sun4v -- Best regards, Dmitry Kasyanenko ************************************************************************ ******* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. See you at the IIUG Informix 2008 Conference The Power Conference for Informix Professionals April 27 - 30, 2008 Marriott Overland Park (Kansas City), Kansas http://www.iiug.org/conf Registration Now Open!! ************************************************************************ ******* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. See you at the IIUG Informix 2008 Conference The Power Conference for Informix Professionals April 27 - 30, 2008 Marriott Overland Park (Kansas City), Kansas http://www.iiug.org/conf Registration Now Open!!