dbexport - exclusive locking

Morning all I'm running the following script to export an informix database:- INFORMIXDIR=/usr/informix export INFORMIXDIR INFORMIXSERVER=ONLINELIVE ONCONFIG=onconfig.live PATH=$PATH:$INFORMIXDIR/bin export INFORMIXSERVER ONCONFIG PATH /usr/informix/bin/dbexport dbname -c -o /scratch/schema I get the following error messages -425 - Database is currently opened by another user. -107 - ISAM error: record is locked. and sometimes Cannot create message file In respect of the firsterror, I am now aware of the need for exclusivity in order for the dbexport command to run. Does anybody have any additional code that I can incorporate into the above script to facilitate this? Any ideas on the second? Many thanks Gary Cobden

the dbexport.out file may be owned by a different user and you do not have permissions to overwrite it... the otherone ... as user informix!!!! dbaccess sysmaster <<! output to sids without headings select distinct (a.owner) from syslocks a, sysdatabases b where a.rowidlk = b.rowid and b.name = <name of your db>! for i in `cat sids` do onmode -z $idone .... YOURSTUFF this is NOT bullitproof!!!!!!! you even may see a btcleaner show up having a open lock on the db... Superboer.