Re: Newbie question - how do I choose my working directory?

"Paul" <Gan_spam_ar_bith_at_ireland.com> wrote in message news:lsse31plktdardov70dsaue3vro81jcmir_at_4ax.com...
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> yf110_at_vtn1.victoria.tc.ca (Malcolm Dew-Jones) wrote:
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>>In the windows version of sqlplus, you can also set your current directory
>>after you start as follows
>> use the menus
>> file:Spool:Spool File...
>> navigate to a directory, enter a spool file name, and press SAVE
>> That will now be the working directory for sqlplus.
>> You may wish to close the spool file, it doesn't matter either way
>> SQL> spool off
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> This worked fine and is good. The only problem that I have now is that
> I still cannot cd into another directory. I suppose I could open
> another spoolfile, but it does seem rather odd that one can't navigate
> using host cd x:\YYY\zZZ
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> Maybe it's a Windows thing?
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> Paul...

no becuase you are telling sqlplus to open a host command, cd to that directory and then exit it, back to your original shell

perhaps you are looking for sqlpath so you can pick up files from any directory specified in it Received on Tue Mar 15 2005 - 18:28:51 CST