Re: imp reading stdin ( UNIX )

Hi Kevin,

Kevin Brand schrieb:
>
> The following works:
>
> exp parfile=xxx.par file=stdout | gzip >mydump.gz
>
> But I can find nothing that allows imp to read from stdin like this:
>
> gzip -c -d mydump.gz | imp parfile=xxx.par file=stdin
>
> I can create a pipe then filter all of the dump file through there, but this
> is slow. I'd rather implement this on the command line like this:

if you create a named pipe (mkfifo) you should get the same performance as the input redirection.

like
$ mkfifo mypipe
$ gzip ... > mypipe &
# don't know which parameret to use for gzip offhand $ imp .... file = mypipe

>
> exp parfile=xxx.par file=stdout | imp parfile=xxx.par file=stdin
>
> Why does exp recognize the standard unix notation for standard out while imp
> does not recognize standard unix notation for standard in??
>
> Any suggestions?
>

Karsten Received on Wed Apr 14 1999 - 04:40:13 CDT