Re: EXP to Tape Device ?

From: dragos_at_stcc.demon.co.uk
Subject: Re: EXP to Tape Device ?

In article <3u8fig$b9r_at_newsbf02.news.aol.com>, <noodles_at_aol.com> writes:
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> From: noodles_at_aol.com (Noodles)
> Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
> Subject: EXP to Tape Device ?
> Date: 15 Jul 1995 09:24:32 -0400
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> I am running Oracle 7.1.3.2 on a VAX Alpha 6.1 OS. Our database is too
> big to export to a file ( > 4.5 G ) on disk so I was trying to run the
> following commands in a com file.
>
> $ mount/foreign tape:
> $ exp full=Y file=tape:expdat.dmp
>
> I keep getting a failure to open file error on the expdat.dmp file. I
> took these 2 lines right out of the server utilities manual except for the
> redirection to the tape device. Am I missing something obvious ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Cliff
> (cbuetikofer_at_isisnet.com)
> (noodles_at_aol.com)
>
You cannot specify a file name. Use just the tape device name. (I am using UNIX and this the only way).

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