Utilities 7-7
Destination Options
Youcan use the OnLine syntax database@dbservername to specify the database.
Specifying a database server name allows you to choose a database on
another server as your current database if you have installedIBM Informix
STAR.
During the export, the database is locked in exclusive mode. If dbexport
cannotobtain an exclusive lock, the program ends with a diagnostic message.
If you specify-c,dbexport does not interrupt processing unless one of the
following fatal errors occurs:
■Failure to open the tape device specified
■Bad writes to the tape or disk
■Invalid command parameters
■Inability to open the database specified
■IncorrectUNIX file or directory permissions
You can canceldbexport at any time by pressing the Interrupt key. The
dbexport program asks for confirmation beforeterminating.
Destination Options-b blocksize specifies in kilobytes the block size of the tape device.
-f pathname specifies the pathname on disk where you want to store the
schema file, if you are storing the data files on tape.
-odirectory
-tdevice -b blocksize
-stapesize
-fpathname
Destination
Options