Script to backup the Server to disk

### Check for valid backup device, prevents accidentally overwriting

set `grep "^TAPEDEV" $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG`

if [ "$2" != "/u3/backup/online1.bak" ]

then

echo "Invalid TAPEDEV $2"

date

else

echo "Archive to TAPEDEV $2"

date

## Start ontape and respond to prompts - the following spacing is key

## There must be a 0 for the level followed by blank line for the

## the response to the prompt.

{

ontape -s <<EOF

0

EOF

} | tail -5

## Only read the last 5 lines to prevent filling up your log when errors

echo "Archive Completed"

fi

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