Re: unix strings command on exp file (was Re: Editing an Export (.dmp) file)

Don't you get a readable file when you export without data?

Joel Garry <joelga_at_pebble.ml.org> schreef in artikel <66q2h2$ttk$1_at_pebble.ml.org>...
> In article <01bd045e$c104dc00$2890f5ce_at_laptopmr>,
> Matthew F. Reagan <mreagan_at_fast.net> wrote:
> >Gee, I haven't given this much thought in quite a while. Kevin Loney
 and I
> >did a presentation on this at IOUW back in 91(?). In that presentation,
 we
> >discussed the structure of an export file, and how to edit it.
> >
>
> In a related question, I would like to use the strings command to get a
 quick
> and dirty command file with proper sizing of objects and so forth, but it
> seems to truncate after 1024 characters. Does anyone know if there is
 some
> environment setting for this (Solaris 2.5)? The man doesn't seem to
 address
> this, and try doing a dejanews search on "strings" haha.
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Received on Thu Dec 18 1997 - 00:00:00 CST