Spool sql*plus's output

Question

Hello,
I want to write all the output of sql*plus in a file, so I did this:
SQL> SPOOL text.out
SQL> host date;
Tue Jan 26 15:46:17 UTC 2010
SQL> SPOOL OFF
SQL> exitAnd the output was:
bash> cat text.out
SQL> host date;
SQL> SPOOL OFFSo where is the date in the text.out???
Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

The HOST command writes a separate output that is printed on sqlplus screen but is ignored by the spool command.
The only workaround I can suggest you is the following:
SQL> host date > a.txt  -- Doing this outside the spool
SQL> spool a.txt append  -- append mode not to loose the previous content of the file
SQL> select 1 from dual;
         1
         1
SQL> spool off
SQL> host cat a.txt
Tue Jan 26 17:20:12 CET 2010
SQL> select 1 from dual;
         1                                                                     
         1                                                                     
SQL> spool off
SQL> Max
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