Host command in oracle forms

can anyone any one help me on this issue
i am trying to use host command in a.s which is running in unix o.s to rename one of the file i am using the below command but its not working . can any one tell me whats worng or how to perform this
the_command := 'mv /dir/filename1 /dir/filename2' ;
HOST(the_command,NO_SCREEN);

I don't think you can do this with host like you did.
You can create a script which accepts filename1 and filename2 as parameters and call this
move.sh:
mv $1 $2
then call the script
host('/home/oracle/move.sh /dir/filename1 /dir/filename2', no_screen);
or if this doesn't work (in windows it works in 6i to call .cmd files without prefixing cmd /c don't know if this is also in unix, but you can try), you can call bash to do this
host('/bin/bash /home/oracle/and_so_on
regards
christian

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