This may be a long shot, but check /tmp. We just had a very similar issue the other day on a solaris machine, and /tmp was 100%. Rob Pegram Duke University ________________________________ From: Masha Gurenich <gurenich@xxxxxxxxx> To: Oracle L <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thu, November 19, 2009 5:11:09 PM Subject: can't run sql script inside ksh script Hi all, This one just drives me nuts.. I have a shell script that works OK while I am running it manually. It runs OK via cron up to the point where sql script should be executed: <<<bla-bla>>> /u01/app/sghe/dw/dwprod/app/scripts/dapstart /u01/app/sghe/dw/dwprod/app/scripts/webstart /u01/app/oracle/product/bin/sqlplus dwmgr/u_pick_it@pds1_PURPLE @/home/dwadmin/scripts/bannerstudents.sql <<SQLPLUS exit SQLPLUS the bannerstudents.sql is not being executed.. this is what i see in log file: <<<bla-bla>>> ===== DegreeWorks Web Message Queue: Key: 513 = 0x201 ===== MsgQ Key MsgId Owner Perms #Bytes #Msgs 0x00000201 2326529 dwadmin 666 0 0 SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Thu Nov 19 15:13:08 2009 Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All Rights Reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options ~ that's it!! it connects to sqlplus, but doesn't execute the script. WHY??? Please, help me. I have tons of scripts like that and all of them are working. what is wrong with that one?? thanks beforehand, M