How to specify Sql Loader input file with dynamic name

The input file name likes pochange_YYYYMMDD.dat which is generated by other program each day.
I want to load this file to a table.
Any help? Thanks a lot

I thought in an excellent strategy to do this:
Conditions:
- you have to have only one file in the folder with the data.
- Independently of the name of that file. A process is always going to change its name to a fix name.
- the controlfile must at another fixed path
the scripts is this one:
joel_sqlloader.bat
ren *.dat always.txt
sqlldr <user>/password data=always.txt control=<another_path>/my_ctl.ctl
- In a folder you will have these files:
* joel_sqlloader.bat
* pochange_YYYYMMDD.dat
- In another folder you will have:
* my_ctl.ctl
Did you get it ?
Joel Pérez
http://otn.oracle.com/experts

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