Thanks Sergiy for the reply..
Sql Server resides in the machine where im executing xp_cmdshell
in that case my local machine and server are the same..
all other commands works fine with xp_cmdshell.. only bcp throws an error ..
So i don't think that is the problem. Any way I have tried Wat u have told
Here are the results and they are Identical
-- Through xp_cmdshell
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 402B-0039
NULL
Directory of c:NULL
06/15/2010 10:54 AM 17,408 1.xls
04/14/2010 05:23 PM <DIR> 80613812935150ba72
04/14/2010 03:27 PM 0 AUTOEXEC.BAT
05/12/2010 04:55 PM 1,652 bar.emf
05/07/2010 06:14 PM <DIR> bujji
05/19/2010 12:48 PM <DIR> BUJJI_RD
04/14/2010 03:27 PM 0 CONFIG.SYS
06/14/2010 10:44 AM <DIR> db
06/07/2010 02:39 PM <DIR> Documents and Settings
02/19/2010 03:55 PM 8,327,264 Firefox Setup 3.6.exe
06/03/2010 10:27 AM <DIR> Inetpub
04/14/2010 05:14 PM 244 Install.log
04/14/2010 05:10 PM <DIR> Intel
06/17/2010 06:21 PM <DIR> Lijo
06/18/2010 10:40 AM 12 lijo.txt
04/19/2010 01:25 PM <DIR> MSDE_Database
06/02/2010 06:22 PM <DIR> MSVisualStudio6.00
06/09/2010 11:48 AM <DIR> oboutSuite
06/18/2010 06:12 PM <DIR> Official
06/18/2010 04:12 PM <DIR> Program Files
04/14/2010 05:12 PM 1,769 RHDSetup.log
06/19/2010 09:27 AM 970 service.log
05/05/2010 06:18 PM <DIR> Softwares
05/25/2010 03:05 PM <DIR> Stanley
05/25/2010 03:07 PM 160,178,714 Stanley.zip
04/02/2010 02:30 PM 15,944,192 TA.bak
06/14/2010 10:38 AM 28,521 test.jpg
06/15/2010 10:54 AM 17,408 Test.xls
06/15/2010 10:49 AM 8,281 Test.xlsx
04/23/2010 11:39 AM <DIR> SAmple
06/18/2010 10:31 AM <DIR> WINDOWS
06/17/2010 06:14 PM <DIR> WindowsApplication1
05/18/2010 01:08 PM <DIR> working folder
14 File(s) 184,526,435 bytes
19 Dir(s) 81,251,590,144 bytes free
-- Through Cmd prompt
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 402B-0039
Directory of c:
06/15/2010 10:54 AM 17,408 1.xls
04/14/2010 05:23 PM <DIR> 80613812935150ba72
04/14/2010 03:27 PM 0 AUTOEXEC.BAT
05/12/2010 04:55 PM 1,652 bar.emf
05/07/2010 06:14 PM <DIR> bujji
05/19/2010 12:48 PM <DIR> BUJJI_RD
04/14/2010 03:27 PM 0 CONFIG.SYS
06/14/2010 10:44 AM <DIR> db
06/07/2010 02:39 PM <DIR> Documents and Settings
02/19/2010 03:55 PM 8,327,264 Firefox Setup 3.6.exe
06/03/2010 10:27 AM <DIR> Inetpub
04/14/2010 05:14 PM 244 Install.log
04/14/2010 05:10 PM <DIR> Intel
06/17/2010 06:21 PM <DIR> Lijo
06/18/2010 10:40 AM 12 lijo.txt
04/19/2010 01:25 PM <DIR> MSDE_Database
06/02/2010 06:22 PM <DIR> MSVisualStudio6.00
06/09/2010 11:48 AM <DIR> oboutSuite
06/18/2010 06:12 PM <DIR> Official
06/18/2010 04:12 PM <DIR> Program Files
04/14/2010 05:12 PM 1,769 RHDSetup.log
06/19/2010 09:22 AM 145 service.log
05/05/2010 06:18 PM <DIR> Softwares
05/25/2010 03:05 PM <DIR> Stanley
05/25/2010 03:07 PM 160,178,714 Stanley.zip
04/02/2010 02:30 PM 15,944,192 TA.bak
06/14/2010 10:38 AM 28,521 test.jpg
06/15/2010 10:54 AM 17,408 Test.xls
06/15/2010 10:49 AM 8,281 Test.xlsx
04/23/2010 11:39 AM <DIR> SAmple
06/18/2010 10:31 AM <DIR> WINDOWS
06/17/2010 06:14 PM <DIR> WindowsApplication1
05/18/2010 01:08 PM <DIR> working folder
14 File(s) 184,525,610 bytes
19 Dir(s) 81,251,434,496 bytes free
--Regards
Alban Lijo
[font="Courier New"]-- Alban Lijo <SQL Rookie> :-)[/font]