Re: 2 gig size limit

Hi Sally,

mkfifo pipefile.p
compress -cd < EXPORT.dmp.Z > pipefile.p & imp file=pipefile.p full=y ... (or whatever options)

Martin

Sally Pearce wrote:
>
> Related question - having created a compressed export file, how do you
> import from it? Is it possible to 'uncompress <filename> | imp' or do you
> have to do something else to make it work?
>
> <Delete_this_cglinetz_at_pt.lu> wrote in message
> news:386159c4.3233779_at_news.pt.lu...
> > Here is what we do:
> > first create a named pipe,
> > second in your parfile give the name of your pipe for filename
> > than start export in background,
> > sleep some seconds
> > than read from the pipe with the compress command like this
> >
> > compress <expdat.pipe>expdat.dmp.Z
> > Hope it helps
> >
Received on Fri Dec 24 1999 - 10:40:48 CST