dxestart includes parameters for passing connection information about the input and output data stores. This is useful if you have strong security requirements and use scripts for batch processing.
Parameters for dxestart are valid for both Oracle and ODBC extensions.
dxestart -d <path> -i<input method.rc> -o<output method.rc>
[-f <from-step> -t <to-step>]
dxestart -d "C:\Testlib1"
This example reads the connection information from the method.rc file in C:\Testlib1\config and creates the log and statistic files in C:\Testlib1\log.
-i <input method.rc> reads the input connection information from a different .rc file (named [FileName].rc, where [FileName] is a name you specify for the file). This file is the functional equivalent of the method.rc file. Specify the name and the path to the new .rc file in this parameter.
dxestart -d "C:\Testlib1" -i "C:\Testlib2\method1.rc" -o "C:\Testlib3\method2.rc"
This example reads the input connection information from the file method1.rc that resides in C:\Testlib2, the output connection information from the file method2.rc that resides in C:\Testlib3, and the exported configuration information from C:\Testlib1\config. It then creates the log and statistic files in C:\Testlib1\log.
See Creating an Encoded Connection File for instructions on creating the input and output connection file that can be used with the -i and -o parameters.
-f <from-step> -t <to-step> enables you to specify a range of steps to be executed. <from-step> represents the first step of the range, and <to-step> represents the last step of the range.