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05-12-2008

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You are using <<EOF "here documents" without a closing EOF terminator. The whole remainder of the script gets passed to SQL (which ignores it, if it doesn't outright choke on it).

The "exit" is apparently not really supposed to be there? If it is, that's where the script terminates.

The "here document" syntax is a bit hard to grok until you get the hang of it. Maybe a few examples can help.

Code:

cat <<END_OF_FIRST_HERE_DOCUMENT

This will be copied to standard output
including this part which really looks a lot like a shell script
#!/bin/sh
echo frnod
exit 255
This is all just text as far as the shell is concerned,
so we don't care even that this looks like an unterminated
single-quoted string (because of the single quote between "don" and "t").
END_OF_FIRST_HERE_DOCUMENT

echo Script execution continues here

cat <<!
Another here document
you can use almost anything as a terminator
!

echo Back to the studio
exit 0

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script

script(1)						      General Commands Manual							 script(1)

NAME

       script - Makes a transcript of terminal session

SYNOPSIS

       script [-a] [file]

       The script command makes a transcript of everything printed on your terminal.

OPTIONS

       Appends the transcript to file rather than writing it to file.

OPERANDS

       The name of an output file that will contain the transcript of the session.  If this parameter is omitted, the file typescript is written.

DESCRIPTION

       The transcript is written to file, or appended to file if the -a option is given.  If no file name is given, the transcript is saved in the
       file typescript.

       The script ends when the forked shell exits.

       This program is useful when you are using a CRT and want a hard-copy record of the dialog (for example, a technical writer might create	an
       example of a working session this way).

       If you specify the -a option and the file does not exist, it is created.

       If you do not specify the -a option and the file exists, it is replaced.

RESTRICTIONS

       The  script command requires a streams based terminal.  In single user mode, streams may not be enabled.  Under these circumstances, script
       will exit with no action.  If you are the superuser and need to run this command in single user mode, use the  following  special  instruc-
       tions.

   Enabling Streams
       If it is necessary to enable a streams environment in the single user mode, enter the command /sbin/init.d/streams.  This command is avail-
       able to the superuser only.

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  autopush(8), cat(1), echo(1), strsetup(8), tee(1)

       System Administration

																	 script(1)