Re: dbexport - syntax error

Posted in 2000

Mark D. Stock — Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:41:06 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Friedrich Lobenstock wrote: > > fl@fl.priv.at wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I have a problem with dbexport. When I want to run it like > > dbexport -c DATABASE> > all seems fine at first, BUT after about 200Megas of files > > written to disc I get an ominous "syntax error". > > Now I know more about the system: > INFORMIX-OnLine 5.03.UC2 > running on > SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2 > > All I want to do is a complete ('-c') export. The -c option does not mean 'complete', it means 'continue on errors'. That is a strange error to get from dbexport. Are you sure you are running the Informix executable and not some other script? Have you tried: $INFORMIXDIR/bin/dbexport DATABASE Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |This email will self-destruct in |/// / ////| | |10 sec. If you received this email |// / /////| | |in error, sorry about the mess. |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+