This is just a basic bourne shell issue. Examine the output of the following commands in your cygwin's bash-window and make the necessary changes to your "exp" command line:
bash$ echo foo=(bar,baz) bash$ echo "foo=(bar,baz)" bash$ echo foo="(bar,baz)" bash$ echo foo="("bar,baz")" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of srikanth4403 Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:40 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: bash error hi all, i am trying to take backup of oracle tables by using exp command but when i am entering the command it is giving a error as below bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(' So kindly someone tell me how to rectify this and proceed for the normal export. The original command what iam typing is exp username/[EMAIL PROTECTED] file=filename.dmp log=filename.log tables=(all table names separated by comma) indexes=n grants=n direct=true -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bash-error-tf3582836.html#a10011526 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/