From: pagesflames@usa.net (Dusan Bolek)
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Subject: Re: how does oracle know where its configuration is?
Date: 7 Aug 2001 23:45:24 -0700
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"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus@sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:<997220264.23781.0.pluto.d4ee154e@news.demon.nl>...

> In the controlfile located in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init$ORACLE_SID.ora
> 
> ORACLE_HOME/ORACLE_SID combos are defined in /var/opt/oracle/oratab
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> Hth,
> 
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

It's not a control file, but init file. Control file is something
completely different. I know that it was just mistype, but some newbie
can get confused.

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