RE: UTL_FILE and ksh

From: Thomas, Kevin <Kevin.Thomas_at_calanais.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 02:20:39 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0037EA5B.20010831010609@fatcity.com>

I got hold of some code that allows you to execute and Unix OS command from within Oracle...sorry I haven't fully read this email but is this something you are looking for ?

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I'd look at java or equivalent to actually run a OS command to do 'ls -l' and get this result back.

hth
connor

• "Post, Ethan" <epost_at_kcc.com> wrote: > I have a directory that another process will be
  > placing files in and I will
  > be processing them using the UTL_FILE package. I
  > wish there was a way to
  > list the contents of a directory from PLSQL but I
  > don't think that there is.
  > My solution at this point is cron out a ksh script
  > that will check the
  > directory and call the procedure to handle the file.
  > I need to check if the
  > file is still being written to. I am checking to
  > see if the file is
  > writable but even when the file was opened by
  > another session using VI it
  > came back as writable so that does not appear to
  > work. What are your
  > solutions to this problem. Some of my other
  > thoughts are to have the
  > processes writing the file to only make the file
  > readable to other processes
  > once it is complete?
  >
  > Thanks,
  > Ethan
  > http://www.geocities.com/epost1
  >
  >
  

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