Re: SQL*Plus / Windows NT / host commands

        Perhaps I should clarify... It seems I have no choice but to run it in the background. This is how SQL*Plus chooses to handle the situation.

        I was mailed a potential fix of 'host start /wait zip ...', but this did not work. I figure what is happening is that SQL*Plus spawns 'start' which in turn spawns 'zip.' 'start' waits for 'zip' to complete, but SQL*Plus does not wait for 'start.'

Ken Geis

In article <5pb781$5u3_at_nntp.interaccess.com>, Ari Kaplan <akaplan_at_interaccess.com> wrote:
>Ken,
>
>Don't run the zip command in the background. If for whatever reason you need
 to run it in the background, then have
>the script wait until the zip process finishes. You can do this by checking
 processes or by creating temporary lock
>files.
>
>-Ari Kaplan
>Independent Oracle DBA Consultant
>
  Received on Tue Jul 01 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST