FTP file from pl/sql in version 10.7

Hi
We are on Oracle apps version 10.7 and database 8.1.7.4 . I need to write a concurrent program that will generate a text file and FTP it to a remote host.
Can this be done in pl/sql alone. Will I need to create a shell script that will make a call to the pl/sql procedure and then transfer the file ?
Any suggestions on the approach.
tahnkyou

@Michaels
D'oh! Feel foolish now, so it can, I never noticed...
@Billy
Well I didn't know that. I've always downloaded Winzip or Winrar and haven't seen any native uncompression functionality inside Windoze...
I would be very interested in seeing your performance comparison, I'm not a perl fan. As xutl_udp is just a wrapper to the Java classes inside the DB's JVM, I get the feeling that perl might be a bit quicker, but then again depends on what you were doing.
Also xutl_udp is a bit old, one of my first packages and is built to the 1.2.1 Java spec that came with 8i. Also, no multicast support as yet. I want to get back and thoroughly update it with versions for 8i to 10g, but xutl_ftp has turned out to be rather popular and everyone reports issues and/or wants more functionality and I can never seem to get it out the door!
Anyway, enough bitchin'
Chris
dba.chrispoole.co.uk
www.chrispoole.co.uk

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