File Requirements
Certain files are required for invoking Teradata TPump. In addition to the input data source, Teradata TPump accesses four different data sets/files or input/output devices.
Table 11 lists Teradata TPump data sets/files and input/output devices:
Data Set/File or Device |
Provides |
standard input |
Teradata TPump commands and Teradata SQL statements that make up a Teradata TPump job |
standard output |
Destination for Teradata TPump output responses and messages |
standard error |
Destination for Teradata TPump errors |
configuration |
Optional specification of Teradata TPump utility default values |
When running Teradata TPump in interactive mode, the keyboard functions as the standard input device and the display screen is the standard output/error device.
When running Teradata TPump in batch mode, specify a data set or file name for each of these functions. The method of doing this varies, depending on the configuration of the client system: