RE: backup unix script

I believe the it is as follows:

        Run SQL*Plus


        |       THIS SHOULD NOT BE HERE

        |       | database username

        |       | |   database password

        |       | |   |   Redirect output to file filename.dat

        |       | |   |   |              Read input up to the next line

starting with "!", 


        |       | |   |   |              |  this is what is called a

"here-document", for more


        |       | |   |   |              |  on here-documents see any man

page for sh or ksh


        |       | |   |   |              |

        sqlplus - sys/msd > filename.dat <<!

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Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:10 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

grace wrote:

> 
> hi gurus,
> 
> I found this unix script ... can any tell me what this means?
> sqlplus - sys/msd > filename.dat <<!
> does anyone have a unix script to perform a database backups?
> 
> Best Regards,
> Grace Lim
> Suy Sing Comm'l Corp.
> (632)-2474134
> 

Your Unix script seems to take as input the output from another process and spooling its own output to filename.dat ... There should be Korn shell Unix scripts to perform both cold and hot backups on the Oriole site, in the toolkit section, and on probably many other sites as well.

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