How to run unix command from Oracle Foms 10g

OS: UNIX Solaries, Oracle Application Server 10g
To run shell script from Oracle Forms, I used the following host('/bin/bash /u01/compile.sh') and it works well
Now, I need to run unix command something like
host('mv form1.fmx FORM1.FMX') but it's not working
I tried to append the command "mv form1.fmx FORM1.FMX" to the compile.sh shell script but also it's not working although the rest lines of the shell script is running well
Edited by: slamonty on Aug 23, 2012 12:36 AM

Yes, Thank you so much, it works well as follow
$ /bin/mv /u01/oracle/runtime/test/form1.fmx /u01/oracle/runtime/test/FORM1.FMX Edited by: slamonty on Aug 23, 2012 9:59 AM
Edited by: slamonty on Aug 23, 2012 11:14 AM

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