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Using the following script we can take export backup using pipe.
Change the DIRECTORY value to your backup location.

suppose the following script name is exp_pipe.ksh then execute it as

nohup ./exp_pipe.ksh $SID &

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#!/usr/bin/ksh
if [ $# -ne 1 ]
then
   echo “Usage : $0 ORACLE_SID”
   exit
fi

export ORACLE_SID=$1
export NLS_LANG=’AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1′

export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle/product/9.2.0
DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
DIRECTORY=/u01/backup; export DIRECTORY
FILENAME=${DIRECTORY}/${ORACLE_SID}_${DATE}.dmp.gz; export FILENAME
LOG=${DIRECTORY}/${ORACLE_SID}_${DATE}.log; export LOG
PIPE=${DIRECTORY}/export_pipe_${DATE}.dmp; export PIPE

rm -f ${PIPE}
test -p ${PIPE} || mknod ${PIPE} p
chmod +rw ${PIPE}

ls -l $PIPE
echo “cat $PIPE | /usr/bin/gzip > ${FILENAME}”
echo “${ORACLE_HOME}/bin/exp log=${LOG} file=${PIPE} owner=scott”
cat $PIPE | /usr/bin/gzip > ${FILENAME} &
${ORACLE_HOME}/bin/exp log=${LOG} file=${PIPE} STATISTICS=NONE owner=scott  <<!
db_user/password123@${ORACLE_SID}
!
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To execute the same script in HP-UNIX environment, change the gzip location to /usr/contrib/bin/gzip

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