Re: Export

Since you want to use tar I presume you're on a unix. You can write the export
to a 'named pipe' (see the man-pages of mknod) and tar/cpio the 'content' of the pipe to tape.

The pipe is a fifo-device, which will use allmost no diskspace.

Good luck, Jean-Luc

corky711_at_my-deja.com wrote in message <7qfb17$lsp$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>I want to export my databse directly to tape in tar format so that i
>can view the contents of the tape. Is there a way to do this without
>exporting to disk first and then tar to tape? There is not enough disk
>space free.
>
>Thanks
>
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Received on Tue Aug 31 1999 - 09:09:29 CDT