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>After running instance for 2 year in this
>machine, i see around 30 unix files with a prefix 'S'
>my knowledge of unix is basic - i think these are sockets open
>by the listener (?) .
>Many files are older, some are an year older, and all are of ZERO
>bytes !!
>
>I think an 'S' file gets created whenever i re-start the listener,
right ?

>Can i reomve the older files, and just keep the current one ???

Rahul,

As you deduced, these files are indeed socket files created by the listener. FWIW, they seem to be created only on AIX and HP-UX systems. I didn't see them on the Solaris systems (Solaris/DBAs pls confirm this!). The number is the process id of the listener and you can use the script snippet below to determine the current 'live' sockets.

for i in `ls | cut -f2 -d# | cut -f1 -d.` do
ps -ef | grep $i | grep -v grep
done

Btw, I don't see any harm in retaining them....

John Kanagaraj
Brunei Shell Petroleum
http://www.geocities.com/john_sharmila

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 From: Calvin Lim <calvin-lim_at_mediaring.com>  Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 17:05:30 -0500 Received on Mon May 08 2000 - 18:43:27 CDT