we prefer to do something like ... nohup /oracle/gather.sh > /oracle/gather.log 2>&1 & Raj -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. select standard_disclaimer from company_requirements; QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art ! -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barbara Baker Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:58 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: slightly ot: nohup disables echo? Hi, list! Solaris 9 Oracle 9.2.0.4 Is there something about nohupping a script that will cause "set echo" in sqlplus to not work? I'm trying to load a bunch of tables, and I'd like to run them in background. When I run the script in sqlplus, I see all my output (including the time stamps, which I really need.) When I run in background, the ".lis" file is missing the timestamps. Am I missing something obvious? Here's a quick kludge that should show what I'm going. Thanks for any help. Barb nohup /oracle/gather.sh 1> /oracle/gather.log & =====> gather.sh: #!/bin/ksh #set the environment . /oracle/set_ent9i.sh sqlplus -s user/pwd << EOF set echo on spool gather_one_table.lis select name from v\$database; @gather_one_table.sql exit EOF =====>gather_one_table.sql: SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE 1000000 SET FEEDBACK 1 SET TIME ON SET ECHO ON HOST date SPOOL gather_one_table.lis exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats - ( ownname=> 'ADVDB', - tabname => 'XMLS_HIERARCHY', - cascade => TRUE - ); HOST date exit =====> gather_one_table.lis output: $> more gather_one_table.lis -- EXECUTE dbms_stats.gather_schema_stats PROCEDURE PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------