Re: Interactive imp - COMMIT=Y?

In <shatzmanD9KII5.MIv_at_netcom.com> shatzman_at_netcom.com (barry) writes:
>
>Chuck Hamilton (chuckh_at_ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>: How can I specify COMMIT=Y in an interactive imp session? The manual
>: seems to indicate that I can put it on the command line, but if I
 do,
>: it tries run in command line mode and never prompts me for any of
 the
>: information.
>
>Chuck - as you've already figured out, you can't. It's not one of the
>options presented in interactive mode. And as soon as you specify any
>options on the command line, IMP assumes it'll get everything there.
 Have
>you considered using a PARFILE?
>
>Barry

I guess that's what I'll have to do then.

I asked because the manual seems to indicate that you can use interactive mode and *still* specify parameters that it doesn't prompt you for by including them on the command line (Utilities User's Gude, page 2-20). I guess they lied. :)

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