Working, middle of night

Hope someone's around tonight...

I have some datasets in the 'wrong' place, and the database is failing to open with this error: Database mounted.
ORA-01157: cannot identify data file 1 - file not found ORA-01110: data file 1: '/oradata/PETS/data1/system01.dbf'

I want to create soft links from the recorded name: /oradata/PETS/data1/system01.dbf, to the location where the dataset actually resides: /opt/oracle/app/oracle/oradata/PETS/data/system01.dbf

I don't have root, and am reluctant to move the datasets around.

Does someone know the syntax to create a Unix soft-link?

Thanks very much. Linda

PS. The source of the problem is no mystery. In an effort to make space in an emergency, files were moved (not by me) to different directories. This has been done to a significant number of the files. While this is not production, it is QA/Dev, and I'm anxious to put the house back in order. This is a temporary situation, and meetings are underway to work out the space issues. In the mean time, I need to get this database back on-line, and the Unix soft-link is, I think, the least painful way to get the system up. I'm looking at 18 hours processing, so if you know the soft-link syntax, I'd appreciate knowing it. Thanks. Received on Tue Jun 06 2000 - 02:37:43 CDT