Re: How to execute UNIX command from PL/SQL??

From: <jfelton_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 13:29:56 GMT
Message-ID: <90tc4i$en9$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Try the utilities in the DBMS_PIPE package.

In article <90a9us$3q9_at_netnews.hinet.net>, "Ivan Liu" <ivanliu_at_chttl.com.tw> wrote:
> Hi,
> I had use PL/SQL to write some files
> into UNIX directory (definition in UTL_FILE_DIR).
>
> And I wish when user press a button,
> it can use UNIX command "tar" and "gzip"
> to compress those files to .tar.gz file automatic.
> (and better let UNIX know the file name which should be
compressed)
>
> Is there any solution to do that interface?
> Thanks for help~~~ ^_^
> Ivan
>
>

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