User Prompt during batch script process

bond007jlv · #1 (**permalink**) 11-16-2006

The script below performs an incremental database backup. When the increment backup is out of sequence, the process prompts the user:
"Incremental backup out of sequece. Do you wish to continue? Y or N". This script is set to run as a scheduled process in background mode. When the script prompts the user, there is no user to enter a value, thus the background process hangs. Is there a way to pass a N to the process in order to continue processing?

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DLC=/database2/dlc/|export DLC
PROMSGS=$DLC/promsgs|export PROMSGS
cd /database/
$DLC/bin/prorest /database/$1 /database/restore/$2
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inquirer · #2 (**permalink**) 11-16-2006

sh script.sh <<end
N
end

bond007jlv · #3 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006

Thank you very much. Your suggestion worked.

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