Re: Delete all files in user_dump_dest

From: Brian Peasland <dba_at_nospam.peasland.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:49:32 GMT
Message-ID: <J34Myo.MJH@igsrsparc2.er.usgs.gov>

Ben wrote:
> Brian Peasland wrote:

>>> If I delete the listener log, will it automatically be regenerated or
>>> does the listener have to be restarted?
>>>
>> It will automatically be recreated.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Brian
>>
>>
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>
>
> I just tried this on our test system and it didn't work. I moved the
> log file out of the directory then through a client, I connected to a
> database that was using that listener. I connected fine but the log
> file wasn't there after I went back and checked for it.
>

Then instead of deleting the log, copy null to it:

cp /dev/null listener.log

This will zero out the log but will not remove it.

HTH,
Brian

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Received on Fri Jul 28 2006 - 13:49:32 CDT