Rahul, here is how you'd do it on a Unix box: ls -t|line
ls -t would give you a list of files most recent first, then the line command would give
you back the first filename only. In 2K the first part of that is DIR /O:-D, not sure how you
get just the first filename from the list (the latest file will be first), but you could redirect
that command to a file then read the first filename from the file! (DIR /O:-D > files)
HTH,
Rich
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From: Rahul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 2:18 AM
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Subject: how to pick the lastes file using UTL_FILE package ?
list, the requirement is to use the UTL_FILE package on the server side to
open and process the files as they are created (each hour) in a server's
directory !!
could anyone suggest a logic to pick up the the lastest file created in that
dir. ?
TIA
8.1.6 on win2k
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