[Resend, held for moderation - overquoting...] I get exactly the same symptoms on Solaris 10, Oracle 11gR2. Many thanks, apologies are in order to the change requester. Raises the question, does SF know this? Regards. > Andy Klock wrote: [...] >> SQL> !ls >> a$a.sql >> >> SQL> !cat * >> select sysdate from dual; >> >> SQL> !cat a$a.sql >> cat: cannot open a.sql >> >> SQL> @a$a.sql >> SP2-0310: unable to open file "a$a.sql" >> SQL> @a\$a.sql >> SP2-0310: unable to open file "a\$a.sql" >> SQL> @a\\$a.sql >> SP2-0310: unable to open file "a\\$a.sql" >> SQL> @a\\\$a.sql >> >> SYSDATE >> --------- >> 06-MAY-10 >> [...] -- Tony -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l