I have utl_file write the file directly to the remote server, rather than trying to move it. The key is to use the fully qualified unc path (//server_name//drive/folder1/folder2/file_name.txt) as mapped drives are generally not seen by oracle since it is started up by a service and mapped drives are user dependent. Ken From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eugene Pipko Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 3:04 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: copy file to a remote server Hi all, I am trying to move a .txt file generated by the d/b procedure (9i) to a remote box. Both servers are windows machines. Source is 2003 and dest is 2008. I mapped the drive on source and using utl_file.fcopy, but receiving an error. My question is: is it even possible to move a file via utl_file package between two servers? Thanks, Eugene