Re: EXP ....FILE=(pipe to compress)

make a pipe using

    mknod exp_pipe p

then use this command

    (cat exp_pipe | compress > mybackup.Z &); exp file=exp_pipe ....

you can also use gzip if you want to as well. You can still tape it off ... but if you have a fast CPU then this will speed it up (a little).

Thor HW

BJ Miller wrote in message <700heq$7th$1_at_cletus.bright.net>...
>Hi,
>
>I have a problem at a customer site with EXP. They are unable to export to
>disk due to filesize limitations (2G) and they are exporting to tape
>(SLOW!). In researching possible solutions I read on a private newsgroup
>that someone was able to 'pipe it to a compress', however EXP doesn't
>exactly respond to the normal shell manipulations.
>
>Is there a way in Unix to specify an in-line compress?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>BJ
>
>
Received on Tue Oct 13 1998 - 18:18:01 CDT