Return-Path: Delivered-To: 2-oracle-l@orafaq.com Received: (qmail 6876 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2007 12:24:03 -0600 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by static-ip-69-64-49-119.inaddr.intergenia.de with SMTP; 20 Dec 2007 12:24:03 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id A5D897DCC91; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:24:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 07702-04; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:24:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 28AB67DCA55; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:24:04 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:21:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 56CA97DCBA9 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:21:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 07457-03 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:21:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from garbo.lodgenet.com (garbo.lodgenet.com [204.124.121.250]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 2CA917DC98E for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:21:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from rholman.lodgenet.com (rholman.lodgenet.com [10.16.41.110]) by garbo.lodgenet.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id lBKILWV3006229; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:21:53 -0600 Message-ID: <476AB247.9050407@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:19:51 -0600 From: Rodd Holman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: niall.litchfield@gmail.com CC: Ted Coyle , oracle-l Subject: Re: linux environment question References: <7765c8970712200637q3a544e23jebff87819f1bb264@mail.gmail.com> <001201c84329$07b0b340$3921a8c0@medecision.com> <7765c8970712201008q77c677fh4209a04c3fa4fc47@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7765c8970712201008q77c677fh4209a04c3fa4fc47@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed X-archive-position: 4049 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: Rodd.Holman@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-to: Rodd.Holman@gmail.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain For consistency you could always add the following to your script. That would set up the environment the same as a console mode start. ORACLE_SID=yoursid export ORACLE_SID export ORAENV_ASK=NO; . /usr/local/bin/oraenv export ORAENV_ASK=YES; That way you wouldn't have any discrepancy between startups and shutdowns. --Rodd Niall Litchfield wrote: > On Dec 20, 2007 4:54 PM, Ted Coyle > wrote: > > Niall, > > Make sure someone didn't try starting another instance. > > > That was my first thought too. I don't believe that to be the case > here though. > > > Not sure why you require a trailing slash in your system. I don't > have trailing slash and all works fine. > > . oraenv calls dbhome which greps /etc/oratab to set the ORACLE_HOME - > in our oratab which had been manually edited the ORACLE_HOME string > had a trailing slash. The instance would have originally been started > after setting the environment using oraenv as well, so I think that > that together with Dan and Dimitri's explanations nails the problem down. -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l