RE: Alertlog

Raj,
All the UNIX platforms I have worked on (about 6 so far), the name has been alert_<SID>.log. On my NT workstation it is <SID>ALRT.log. I have not found a way to name the alert log any different. You can check if the background dest has a 'forward' slash then use alert_<SID>.log else <SID>ALRT.log for NT. Not sure how it is done on Comapq VAX/VMS VAX/Alpha. But I can find that out, if that is needed.

Regards,

• Kirti Deshpande Verizon Information Services http://www.superpages.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Viraj Luthra [SMTP:viraj999_at_lycos.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 9:50 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Alertlog
>
> Hello all,
>
> Is alert log called alert<instancename>.log across all unix installs of
> oracle and a simlar name for all nt installs of oracle?
>
> I am trying to write a script which will read the value of the instance
> name from v$instance and combined with the value from background_dump_dest
> will give me the alert log file in the form of :-
>
> alert<instance_name>.log
>
> but if the alert log is not named as starting with the "alert" word and
> some thing else, my script will fail?
>
> So, are all alerts named as alert<instance_name>.log?
>
> TIA,
>
> raja
>
>

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