RE: how to pick the lastes file using UTL_FILE package ?

From: Ganesh Raja <ganesh_at_gtfs-gulf.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 01:58:20 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0046C0E6.20020527015820@fatcity.com>

1. Run a Cron Job that every Hour Runs the Ls command with the necessary switches to sort the file listing by the date and redirect the filename to a Flat file.
2. Run a Job In Oracle that will open that particular file and read the contents of that file and open the file mentioned therein.

There are always other ways to achieve this by means of a Java Stored Proc running inside Oracle without a Cron Job. You can search for Executing external Commands inside a Procedure in http://asktom.oracle.com [Which I blv is down today]

HTH Best Regards,
Ganesh R

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list, the requirement is to use the UTL_FILE package on the server side to open and process the files as they are created (each hour) in a server's directory !! could anyone suggest a logic to pick up the the lastest file created in that dir. ?

TIA 8.1.6 on win2k

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