Hello list, Sorry, its slightly off-topic, UNIX related. My requirement is whenever I divert my output to a file, that should contains filename along with the data and time. For example, ls -ltr > xyz and next time when I do the same, it should ot overwite to the file, instead create the file with date and time along with it. -- Best Regards, Jaffar, OCP DBA Banque Saudi Fransi Saudi Arabia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "It is your atittude, not your aptitude that determins your altitude." -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l