how to call a shellscript in middle of the job run

scorpion · Post by **scorpion** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:32 pm

hi all,

is there any scope to call a shell script in middle of the job run.
means it is not in before,after job sub routines.

tx

kduke · Post by **kduke** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:48 pm

DSExecute or ExecSH are the 2 most popular.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:26 am

Why? Surely "in the middle of the job run" presupposes "for every row". The whole point of PX is to do as much as possible in memory; starting new shells will hammer your throughput.

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:21 am

Is it possible to build a Wrapper stage with set of unix commands?

hhh · Post by **hhh** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:41 am

Yes, with wrapper stage u can call unix script.

kumar_s wrote:Is it possible to build a Wrapper stage with set of unix commands?