sybperl-l Archive

From: Gavin Aiken <gavin dot aiken at dtint dot co dot uk>
Subject: Re: how to shutdown server and continue shell script?
Date: Jul 6 2000 12:08PM

Try something like this:


echo "$PASSWORD\nshutdown\ngo\n" \
| $SYBASE/bin/isql -U sa -S $SERVER >/dev/null 2>&1 &


Gavin Aiken



>Hi,
>
>I am writing a bourne shell script which one of its subtask will be
>shutting down the sybase server.  I have tried different methods but the
>whole script stop after the server shuts down, giving me the usual
>"unexpected EOF from server...".  I tried trapping the signal but that
>doesn't stop my script from exiting either.  Is there any way to
>shutdown the server while continuing the script?  Below are some methods
>I have tried:
>
>1.  sql statement inside here document:
>
>...
>...
>## try trapping signal from server shutdown...
>trap '' 2 3 15
>
>/opt/sybase/bin/isql -Usa -S$SRV -P$SAPWD <shutdown with nowait
>go
>HEREDOC
>...
>...
>
>
>
>2.  using /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions' killproc
>
>...
>...
>killproc dataserver
>...
>...
>
>
>Thanks!
>
>Patrick
>


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