Call a unix script from pl/sql package

Hi,
Using 11.2.0.3 on AIX.
Is it possible to call unix script from pl/sql package?
I am cretaing a file in a directory but would like this to automatically be written to an archive directory as well.
Could either use 2 utl_file.put_lines to 2 separate directories or 1 utl_file and cal script to archive file in another directory.?
Thoughts?
Thanks

user5716448 wrote:
What am I doing wrong?think how file name will look like:
SQL> select 'file_name' || to_char(sysdate,'DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI:SS') from dual;
'FILE_NAME'||TO_CHAR(SYSDATE
file_name15/08/2012 11:47:51Will AIX swallow such name? Obviously not. And, unfortunately, UTL_FILE.FCOPY doesn't raise an error in such case. So use someting like:
UTL_FILE.FCOPY ('SOURCE_DIR',v_FILE_NAME,'DEST_DIR',v_file_name||to_char(sysdate,'DD_MM_YYYY_HH24_MI_SS'));SY.

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