You can specify one or more shell commands to run during the workflow with the Command task. For example, you can specify shell commands in the Command task to delete reject files, copy a file, or archive target files.

Use a Command task in the following ways:

Use any valid UNIX command or shell script for UNIX servers, or any valid DOS or batch file for Windows servers. For example, you might use a shell command to copy a file from one directory to another. For a Windows server you would use the following shell command to copy the SALES_ ADJ file from the source directory, L, to the target, H:

For a UNIX server, you would use the following command to perform a similar operation:

Each shell command runs in the same environment as the Integration Service. Environment settings in one shell command script do not carry over to other scripts. To run all shell commands in the same environment, call a single shell script that invokes other scripts.