Unix commands within SQL Agent Job

• GBDBA

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  June 16, 2003 at 12:42 pm

  #105768

  How can I issue a UNIX command from a scheduled SQL Server Agent job? We're using SS2K.

• Frank Kalis

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  June 17, 2003 at 1:19 am

  #461644

  Hi GBDBA,

  how about creating a step in your job and use EXEC xp_cmdshell <your_command>?

  What do you want to do?

  Cheers,

  Frank

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