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Re: Changing the directory from within sqlplus

From: dave mausner <dmausner_at_ameritech.>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 05:06:28 GMT
Message-ID: <0Vl34.289$IN6.26480@nntp0.chicago.il.ameritech.net> 





In article <384d2108.71182910_at_news.earthlink.net>, andreyNSPAM_at_bookexchange.net (NetComrade) wrote:


>try


>SQL>!cd c:\your_dir


>


>(the exclamation mark should allow you to issue OS commands)





no, the shell thus created changes its directory and then exits, leaving you 
right back where you were. you need to run shell scripts which change the 
directory for themselves.



--


Dave Mausner, Senior Manager, Braun Consulting Inc., Chicago.
Received on Tue Dec 07 1999 - 23:06:28 CST












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