Re: Hot Backup.........paths.

If you're calling SQL from a shell script you could define variables within shell.

Veronica Levin wrote:
>
> Hi listers,
> I'm testing a hot backup script that I want to run overnight, but the only
> way I can get it to work is using absolute paths.....I don't like it that
> way..... is there any chance I can use relative paths in this? I tried to
> include a change directory but it didn't work.
> thanks in advance for your input!
>
> SQL> alter tablespace TEMP begin backup;
> SQL> host /bin/tar -cvf /exp_imp/temp.tar /truck_temp/tempPROD1.dbf
> SQL> host compress -c /exp_imp/temp.tar>/exp_imp/TEMP_08_aug_01.Z
> SQL> alter tablespace TEMP end backup;
>
> f80 root /exp_imp -> tar -vtf temp.tar
> -rw-r----- 203 11 419438592 Aug 13 13:30:22 2001 /truck_temp/tempPROD1.dbf
> f80 root /exp_imp ->
>
> Saludos,
> Veronica Levin Enriquez
> Administrador AIX
> Compañía Cervecera de Nicaragua
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