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if i understand the question you are asking, and you are using an operating system like HP-UX, then the answer is no. even if it were possible, i don't see that you would want to add another layer of confusion into the file system.
it's not clear (to me) what you are trying to accomplish.
"Cory Brooks" <coryb_at_nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to create a directory alias that refers to a
symbol?
> I've tried the following: create directory dir_alias as
> '$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/mydir';
> I have a number of Oracle instances on different servers and
want to create
> a script to define the directory that references the correct
file for each
> instance even though $ORACLE_HOME may be different on
different servers.
> TIA
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Received on Tue Jun 27 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT