importing and exporting programmatically

How wise is it to write a program (shell script) in Unix which has the affect of exporting and importing a database. I'm concerned because if there's an error at any step along the way, then it throws a wrench into the whole thing.

Some alternatives:
1) Write a set of instructions for the customer to do the same thing (who hopefully is a little bright)
2) Dial in with a modem and do it myself.

I'm leaning toward 2, what do you think?

Mike

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