thanks -----Original Message----- From: Egor Starostin [mailto:egorst@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 12:23 PM To: Bahar, Arslan Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Partially Compressed Export File and Mkfifo > I have some parititoned export files which were produced with =3D > following script. > I have tried to write a import script but I could not success. > Plese someone can tell me how can I import these files. > # > # create the pipes > # > mkfifo exportpipeaa > mkfifo exportpipeab > mkfifo exportpipeac > mkfifo exportpipead > mkfifo wrkpipe > umask 000 > # > # start the readers from the pipes to create the export files > # > dd if=3D3Dexportpipeaa of=3D3D$FILENAME1 & > dd if=3D3Dexportpipeab of=3D3D$FILENAME2 & > dd if=3D3Dexportpipeac of=3D3D$FILENAME3 & > dd if=3D3Dexportpipead of=3D3D$FILENAME4 & > # > # start the reader from the wrkpipe to compress and split the export > # > dd if=3D3Dwrkpipe|compress|split -b $MAXFILESIZE - exportpipe & > # > # start the export for real > # > exp system/manager file=3D3Dwrkpipe tables=3D3Dsystem.test_table =3D > direct=3D3Dyes LOG=3D3D$LOGFILE mkfifo impipe cat $FILENAME1 $FILENAME2 $FILENAME3 $FILENAME4 |uncompress > impipe & imp system/manager file=3Dimpipe tables=3D... --=20 Egor http://www.oracledba.ru/orasrp/ Free Oracle Session Resource Profiler -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l