Re: '*' wildcard in imp 'tables=' (UNIX/ksh cmd line)

In article <2eq5uk$4u9_at_hydra.Helsinki.FI>, karell_at_cs.Helsinki.FI (Esa Karell) writes:
> Hi,
>
> Cannot seem to get import (imp) to honor "tables=(*)" statement.
> I've tried several escapes: tables='\*', tables=\(\*\), etc...
> Either import coredumps or nothing gets imported even though
> it displays the "..importing .." message.
> Yes, need to do it from cmd line (ksh).
> Is this supposed to work? My version is 6.0.34.2.1 (AIX 3.2).
> --
>
> Esa Karell karell_at_cs.Helsinki.FI
> Tel. +358-0 513 081 /home

If what you are trying to do is export all of the tables from a particular user account, why not just specify (U)ser instead of (T)ables?

Andy

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