Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20020228153642.023ecda0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:37:41 -0500 To: Sanjay Gupta , "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Path Name Help In-Reply-To: <657B20E93E93D4118F9700D0B73CE3EA0D397198@goofy.epylon.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 03:34 PM 2/28/2002, Sanjay Gupta wrote: >OS : Win NT 4.0 SP 6a > >I am writing shell script which does Oracle Export. In the script, I have to >give the name of export file, I am not sure how to include the path >information. > >Example :- > >exp system/manager file=/usr/exp.dmp full=Y > >see the file= parameter, when I use the above command then the Oracle exp >utility is not able to recognize the file information, it gives error >"failed to open /usr/exp.dmp for write" >So looks like unix style path does not work. > >Then I tried window style path > >exp system/manager file=d:\Oracle8i\Exp\Exp.dmp full=Y > >This works but it does not create file in d:\Oracle8i\Exp directory but in >creates file in D root directory i.e. in D:\ with name oracle8iexpexp.dmp. >So this also does not create file in appropiate directory. Sounds like a problem that you should be asking Oracle about, or am I missing why this is a Cygwin issue? Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/