Re: tbunload for Online 6.0
Posted in 1994
Will Hartung - Master Rallyeist — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)
> > tbunload and tbload utilities for OnLine 5.0 writes and reads databases > and tables only to tape. > Is there true, that OnLine 6.0 tbunload and tbload writes and reads to and > from files ? > Lines: 2 > > Vadim Ketchashin, St-Petersburg, Russia > While I can't say about 6.0, you CAN tbunload/tbload from files in 5.0. The detail is that the file must exist first. So, you can create an empty file using: cat /dev/null > tbload.file and then use tbunload specifying the tbload.file rather than your tape device. Works like a champ for me. Will