Re: onunload/onload via pipe?

If you have ksh you can try using <(command) and >(command) notation. I'm not sure it will work in your case but you could try something like (very schematic): onunload -t >(rsh remotehost onload -t <(cat) -b 1024 -s 4000000 mydb)-b 1024 -s 4000000 mydb Of course you'll have to check the env variables on rsh execution. The most simple mode is writing a script that sets the environment and runs onload. Best Regards, Octav Richard Spitz wrote: > > Hi Informixers, > > I'm trying to copy several databases (size each ~100-200MB) from one > server to another. I thought that onunload/onload were the way to go, > since the server versions are exactly the same (IDS 7.30UC6). > > I know how to onunload to a file and onload from a file. But "ulimit" > is a problem, as is filesystem space on the receiving machine. So I'd > like to connect onunload and onload through a pipe, calling one of the > two programs via "rsh". However, I haven't found a way in the documentation > (Informix Migration Guide) to make onunload write to stdout and onload read > from stdin. Seems like they insist on a filename as parameter for the > "-t" option, and I cannot use a named pipe since the whole thing is > supposed to work over a network connection. > > Any suggestions or alternatives? > > Regards, Richard > -- > +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ > | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | > | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-6110 | > | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-6420 | > | 81366 Munich, Germany | GSM : +49-172-8933578 | > +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 22 99 67 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 22 84 88 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com