using sdeimport to update an existing SDE layer w/an updated FC

[BartPittari]

I've got an existing SDE polygon layer that I'm looking to update the features in.  The updated features are in a File GDB.  My situation is such that the people who are responsible for the updates requested a script to do it.

The easiest way I can see doing this via a script (since we have to put it into multiple environments) was via the sdeimport -o init command, where features are deleted and then updated.

When I try to put my info in, I get a message saying the gdb layer.sdx file doesn't exist. 

This is what I'm entering:

sdeimport -o init -l old_file,shape -f /home/me/my_test_tables.gdb/new_layer -v -i 4321 -s targetserver -u myuser -p mypass

And this is the result I'm getting:

ArcSDE 9.2  for Oracle10g Build 1271 Tue Jun 24 07:47:53  2008

SDEX File Import         Administration Utility

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Export file /home/me/my_test_layer.gdb/new_layer.SDX does not exist.

Any help is appreciated.

[AsrujitSengupta]

You can simply script this, using Delete Features tool and then using the Append tool.

The 'sdeimport -o init' command cannot update a layer in sde gdb with records from a layer in File gdb directl. To execute this command you need an SDE Export file to be present first.

[VinceAngelo]

ArcGIS 9.2 has been retired for over three years now, and ArcSDE command line tools have not (and will not) ever supported file geodatabase.  The task would be easy with a modern release of ArcGIS Desktop (with Python scripting), but it's been too long since I last used 9.2 to begin to say how difficult the task might be.

- V