Do I run a shell script (bsh) via PL/SQL stored procedure?

Hello guys,
Do I run a shell script (bsh) via PL/SQL stored procedure?
For example:
procedure X is
(variables)
begin
-- Read file data
vFileHandle := utl_file.fopen('/mnt/novell/', 'file.txt','r');
exception
when 'INVALID READ FILE' then
(I've to try running script to mount a Novell partition.);
end;
I've to installed Oracle 9.0.1 on Suse Linux.
Please, any ideas or hints ...
Thx and regards.

You might be able to us the HOST command, I think you'd have to run it via dbms_sql, check this page for more details, not sure if it'll be of help but its worth a try..
http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/oracle8i/doc_library/817_doc/server.817/a82950/ch8.htm
Cheers
Rob

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