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In article <Bq5Cc.364$Pv7.2811075_at_news-text.cableinet.net>,
nospam.ple_at_se says...
> I've been using Oracle 8i until now. I've just downloaded
> and installed Oracle 9i Personal Edition for Windows XP.
>
> Oracle 8i took up less than 2 GB on my hard drive, but
> my newly installed 9i takes up 23 GB - is this normal? If
> so, why so large?
>
> Most of the space is taken by a single file, 20.2 GB :
> C:\oracle\ora81\Apache\Apache\logs\error_log. Is this normal?
> If its wrong, how do I reduce the file to a reasonable size?
>
>
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If you don't need an HTTP server, you can just shut down Apache and
delete that monster error log. You can also configure Apache to not
exceed a certain file size for logging, before it recycles. Look in the
Apache docs for all this and more.