RE: Ontape inside a script .bat file

Posted in 1999

Marichamy, Udaykumar — Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:25:43 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEFF7D.D02653D0 Content-Type: text/plain This is a good idea, using a text file to store carraige returns. However, how does this help the operator swap tapes if the ontape takes more than one tape? We are using a single tape device (not a jukebox). Thanks, Uday -----Original Message----- From: Murray Wood [mailto:murray@quanta.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 8:02 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: Ontape inside a script .bat file Inside our command file we set the environment and then the following: c:\\informix\\bin\\ontape -s -L 0 >archive.log < archive.txt where archive.txt contains 2 (or more) returns. Murray Wood -----Original Message----- From: Tim_Clifton@candle.com [SMTP:Tim_Clifton@candle.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 9:04 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Ontape inside a script .bat file I am calling the ontape utility from a bat file on an NT server. Does anyone know how to feed /pass the return key code so that the user does not have to? I want to start un-attended backups. TIA. tim_clifton@candle.com ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEFF7D.D02653D0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.1960.3"> <TITLE>RE: Ontape inside a script .bat file</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> This is a good idea, using a text file to store = carraige returns. However, how does this help the operator swap tapes = if the ontape takes more than one tape? We are using a single tape = device (not a jukebox). Thanks, Uday -----Original Message----- From: Murray Wood [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:murray@quanta.co.nz" = TARGET=3D"_blank">mailto:murray@quanta.co.nz</A>] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 8:02 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: Ontape inside a script .bat file Inside our command file we set the environment and = then the following: c:\\informix\\bin\\ontape -s -L 0 >archive.log < = archive.txt where archive.txt contains 2 (or more) = returns. Murray Wood -----Original Message----- From:   Tim_Clifton@candle.com = [SMTP:Tim_Clifton@candle.com] Sent:   Wednesday, September 15, 1999 9:04 = AM To:     = informix-list@iiug.org Subject:        = Ontape inside a script .bat file I am calling the ontape utility from a bat file on an = NT server.  Does anyone know how to feed /pass the return key code so that = the user does not have to?  I want to start un-attended backups. TIA. tim_clifton@candle.com </BODY> </HTML> ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEFF7D.D02653D0--