Single-Task Import

Browsing through an 8.0.5-HPUX reference, I saw a short mention of "single task" versions import/export/sqlldr. These binaries are generated with:

	cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib
	make -f ins_rdbms.mk expst impst sqlldrst

To my surprise, I found that this command also works on 8.1.7-SUSE.

The (scant) documentation mentions that these versions are faster (and require more memory), but I find no documentation on their usage.

Do these versions require the server to be in startup restrict mode? What other caveats, if any, attend their operation?

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