1  Operating_System_Invocation
   Gives access to the operating system command line environment
   from within SQL.

   The dollar sign ($)  tells SQL to spawn a subprocess and pass the
   rest of the line to the operating system for processing. You must
   follow the dollar sign with an operating system command. After
   the operating system processes the command, it logs out of the
   subprocess process and returns control to SQL.
 

2  Environment
   You can invoke operating system commands only in interactive SQL.
 

2  Format

 $ operating-system-command
 

 

2  Arguments
 

3  operating-system-command

   Specifies a valid operating system command.
 

2  Examples

   Example 1: Using the DCL DIRECTORY command from within SQL

   SQL> $ DIRECTORY *.SQL

   Directory DISK2:[DEPT3.ACCT]

   DEFPRO.SQL;6    NOTEQUAL.SQL;1   QUERY.SQL;1    REFEXAM.SQL;12
   STORE.SQL;1     UPDATE.SQL;2

   Total of 6 files.
   SQL>