runsqlcmd.8

NAME

runsqlcmd -Runs sql command files against the current xCAT database.

SYNOPSIS

runsqlcmd

runsqlcmd [-h | --help]

runsqlcmd [-v | --version]

runsqlcmd [-d | --dir directory_path] [-V | --verbose]

runsqlcmd [-f | --files list of files] [-V | --verbose]

runsqlcmd [-V | --verbose] [sql statement]

DESCRIPTION

The runsqlcmd routine, runs the sql statements contained in the *.sql files as input to the command against the current running xCAT database. Only DB2,MySQL and PostgreSQL databases are supported. SQLite is not supported. If no directory or filelist is provided, the default /opt/xcat/lib/perl/xCAT_schema directory is used. If the directory is input with the -d flag, that directory will be used. If a comma separated list of files is input with the -f flag, those files will be used.

OPTIONS

-h|--help

Displays the usage message.

-v|--version

Displays current code version.

-V|--verbose

Displays extra debug information.

-d|--dir

To use a directory other than the default directory, enter the directory path here.

-f|--files

Comma separated list of files (full path), wildcard (*) can be used.

File format

The files must be of the form <name>.sql or <name>_<database>.sql where

<database> is mysql,pgsql, or db2. Files must have permission 0755.

sql statement

Quoted sql statement syntax appropriate for the current database.

EXAMPLES

  1. To run the database appropriate *.sql files in /opt/xcat/lib/perl/xCAT_schema :

runsqlcmd

  1. To run the database appropriate *.sql files in /tmp/mysql:

runsqlcmd -d /tmp/mysql

  1. To run the database appropriate *.sql files in the input list:

runsqlcmd -f "/tmp/mysql/test*,/tmp/mysql/test1*"

  1. To checkout one DB2 sql file:

runsqlcmd -f /tmp/db2/test_db2.sql

  1. To run the following command to the database:

runsqlcmd "Select * from site;"