Is there any way better than XP_CMDSHELL?

Hi ..
I want to Write in files or read from files
for example i have My_File.txt . i need a syntax and i want to call this syntax in my Store procedure and this syntax write forexample " Hello Word " in My_File.txt .
and i want another syntax that read from My_File.txt forexample "Word" from My_File.txt . what are those syntaxes do that ??

Is there any way better than XP_CMDSHELL for writing in or reading from MyFile.txt ??

thanksYou could BCP the SQL file into a temporary table and then execute the code through dynamic SQL, but that is pretty round-a-bout.