Restore a database from a *.tar.Z file

[kburrows]

Here is what we use to import > 2g compressed files, by using a pipe.

#! /bin/ksh
rm -r /tmp/exp_pipe
rm -r /tmp/imp_pipe
mknod /tmp/imp_pipe p
uncompress < path/filename > /tmp/imp_pipe & imp user/password file=/tmp/imp_pipe log=path/filename commit=y

I am new to this and am not sure how this actually works. But it does. Can anyone elaborate on the pipe process?

Kathy