>I have question about directory which is created by command: "create > directory ....." > > Is it possible to list contents of directory from sql. If yes could you give > me answer. In 10G you can try something like this: SQL> begin 2 dbms_scheduler.create_job( 3 job_name=>'os_ls', 4 job_type=>'executable', 5 job_action=>'/app/oracle/script.sh', 6 comments=>'OS ls'); 7 end; 8 / PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> !cat /app/oracle/script.sh #!/bin/bash -xv /bin/ls -1 /app/oracle > /app/oracle/os_list.txt exit 0 SQL> create or replace directory data_dir as '/app/oracle'; Directory created. SQL> exec dbms_scheduler.run_job('os_ls'); PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> declare 2 l_file utl_file.file_type; 3 l_text VARCHAR2(2000); 4 l_line NUMBER(10) := 1; 5 BEGIN 6 l_file := UTL_FILE.fopen('DATA_DIR', 'os_list.txt', 'r'); 7 BEGIN 8 LOOP 9 utl_file.get_line(l_file, l_text); 10 dbms_output.put_line(l_text); 11 l_line := l_line + 1; 12 END LOOP; 13 EXCEPTION 14 WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN 15 NULL; 16 END; 17 UTL_FILE.fclose(l_file); 18 end; 19 / admin oraInventory os_list.txt product script.sh stagearea PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. Regards Dimitre