Compiling and Linking Routines on an AMD Opteron System - Parallel Data Pump

Use the following syntax example to compile a C INMOD or C Notify Exit routine on an Opteron client system running Solaris.

where the following is true:

cc

Invokes the native C compiler

-dy

Specifies to use dynamic linking

-G

Specifies to create a shared object

-xarch=generic64

Flag to build 64-bit shared libraries

-KPIC

Is a compiler option that generates Position Independent Code (PIC)

sourcefile.c

UNIX file name of the source file for the INMOD or Notify Exit routine

-o

Specifies the output file name

shared-object-name

Specifies the resulting shared object module

This is the name specified:

• The INMOD modulename parameter of the IMPORT command of the Teradata TPump job script.
• The EXIT name parameter for the NOTIFY option of the BEGIN LOAD command of the Teradata TPump job script.

The shared-object-name can be any valid UNIX file name.