Re: Export to named pipe?

ttan_at_cowan.edu.au (Teik Tan) writes:
> 1. Create the pipe :
> mknod /my_directory/my.pipe p
 

> 2. For Export :
> compress < /my_directory/my.pipe > my_export.dmp.Z &
> exp file=/my_directory/my.pipe .....................
 I'd be tempted to nohup the compress as well
> 3. For Import :
> uncompress < my_export.dmp.Z > /my_directory/my.pipe &
> imp file=/my_directory/my.pipe .......................
 

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