There is also another handy command, can't recall it write off hand, maybe "script" which sends everything on the terminal to a log file.=20 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nuno Souto Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:31 AM Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Spool To More than 1 File Eric Buddelmeijer apparently said,on my timestamp of 7/06/2005 5:29 AM: > If you are using some sort of *nix, I just succeeded in getting two files on > cygwin using tee: >=20 > cat <file_name> |tee out 1>out2 >=20 > tee writes to the standard output (aka device 1) and to a file, in this case > out. Redirect 1 to another file and you have split it all. I bet you can > 'nest' it further using pipe and tee again. As long as you can spawn > processes. Akshally, the correct way to use "tee" in *n*x would be as follows: [nsouto@db2 sql]$ sqlplus 2>&1 |tee zot.log SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production on Tue Jun 7 05:28:04 2005 Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Enter user-name: system Enter password: Connected to: Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production SQL> select * from dual; Press Return to continue... D - X 1 row selected. Elapsed: 00:00:01.15 SQL> exit Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production [nsouto@db2 sql]$ cat zot.log SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production on Tue Jun 7 05:28:04 2005 Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Enter user-name: Enter password: Connected to: Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production SQL> Press Return to continue... D - X 1 row selected. Elapsed: 00:00:01.15 SQL> Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production [nsouto@db2 sql]$ --=20 Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l