What NT database ? What Unix database ? If MS SQL7.0 on NT it most
probably can connect directly to the unix db via dts. i.e no FTP
required
Dennis Gray wrote:
>
> This is not specifically a Linux question but I hope someone might be able
> to suggest a solution.
>
> I have a database application on a Unix box and want to port it to Windows
> NT at the request of a customer. The application includes utilities to
> port the data by writing ascii comma delimited files to a directory.
> Normally I would run the export program then ftp the files to a Windows NT
> machine on my network, test the port, then put the files onto a CD and
> send them off to the customer.
>
> In this case, though, the estimated size of the export directory is about
> 9gb of data and there is not that much room on the Unix machine nor any
> other machine Bon the network.
>
> The export program loops through each file in the database and creates
> about 800 ASCII text files, writing them to disk in the export directory.
> Is there any way I could have it write to the tape using tar instead of
> directly to disk? Somehow I would have to keep tar "open" accepting files
> and then close it. There may be a perfectly simple solution to this but I
> am not a complete Unix guru so I haven't been able to figure it out yet.
>
> All ideas for solutions appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dennis
>
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