Return-Path: Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.248.164]) by naude.co.za (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id g4T1NNL21224 for ; Tue, 28 May 2002 21:23:23 -0400 Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id KAA76134; Tue, 28 May 2002 10:21:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b71/bab) via UUCP id 0046CFD8; Tue, 28 May 2002 10:04:45 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:04:45 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: Richard Huntley Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: Richard Huntley Subject: RE: how to pick the lastes file using UTL_FILE package ? Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 71; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPartTM-000-61a0dd7c-7243-11d6-8b0a-00b0d04949c1" ------=_NextPartTM-000-61a0dd7c-7243-11d6-8b0a-00b0d04949c1 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C20668.CA3B8920" ------_=_NextPart_001_01C20668.CA3B8920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Rahul, here is how you'd do it on a Unix box: ls -t|line ls -t would give you a list of files most recent first, then the line command would give you back the first filename only. In 2K the first part of that is DIR /O:-D, not sure how you get just the first filename from the list (the latest file will be first), but you could redirect that command to a file then read the first filename from the file! (DIR /O:-D > files) HTH, Rich -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 2:18 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L list, the requirement is to use the UTL_FILE package on the server side to open and process the files as they are created (each hour) in a server's directory !! could anyone suggest a logic to pick up the the lastest file created in that dir. ? TIA 8.1.6 on win2k -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rahul INET: rahul@ratelindo.co.id Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). ------_=_NextPart_001_01C20668.CA3B8920 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" RE: how to pick the lastes file using UTL_FILE package ?

Rahul, here is how you'd do it on a Unix box: ls -t|line
ls -t would give you a list of files most recent first, then the line command would give
you back the first filename only.  In 2K the first part of that is DIR /O:-D, not sure how you
get just the first filename from the list (the latest file will be first), but you could redirect
that command to a file then read the first filename from the file! (DIR /O:-D > files)

HTH,
Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: Rahul [mailto:rahul@ratelindo.co.id]
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 2:18 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: how to pick the lastes file using UTL_FILE package ?


list,  the requirement is to use the UTL_FILE package on the server side to
open and process the files as they are created (each hour) in a server's
directory !!
could anyone suggest a logic to pick up the the lastest file created in that
dir. ?

TIA

8.1.6 on win2k


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