Re: Copying an informix database with "cp"

Posted in 1992

Dave Snyder — Tue, 9 Jun 92 12:29:54 EDT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Quoting Helge Egelund Rasmussen... > > I want to take a copy a informix database, so that the users can get > access to both the old and the new copy by setting DBPATH. > I must assume that you are using Informix-SE. > Is it ok to use cp to copy the database files to another directory, > or does the db files contain absolute pathnames? > Yes it is ok to use cp to copy the database files. Make sure the directory you copy them into ends with a ".dbs". Also make sure that the permissions on the new directory and the files in it are EXACTLY like the old database. Systables may contain absolute path names but my "dbrepair" utility will fix that for you. If you use transaction logging, don't forget to do a START DATABASE and specify a new path. DAS -- David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA Current Release is db4glgen-3.6 UUCP: ..!uunet!das13!dave INTERNET: dave.snyder@snide.com