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Both '$' and 'host' work on windows 2000.
-- Terry Dykstra Canadian Forest Oil Ltd. <Christopher.Jones_at_oracle.comX> wrote in message news:u662q7s21.fsf_at_oracle.comX...Received on Wed Apr 17 2002 - 10:37:39 CDT
> Bricklen Anderson <bricklen_at_shaw.ca> writes:
>
> > use the keyword HOST
> > (look in the documentation http://tahiti.oracle.com),
> > alternatively, use the ! to escape sql*plus to run host commands.
>
> The host escape character is port specific: an exclamation point '!'
> works on UNIX. On Windows try a dollar sign '$'.
>
> Chris
>
> --
> Christopher Jones, Oracle Corporation, Australia.