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From: "Matthias Hoys" <idmwarpzone_NOSPAM_@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Recycling the listener..
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 22:29:04 +0200
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<sybrandb@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:1123487362.834514.114710@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> just issue
>
> set log_file <new filename>
>
> and be done with it
> Can be done on the fly, no need to stop anything.
>
> -- 
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA
>

Or you could do this :

cat /dev/null > listener.log

It doesn't erase the logfile but just makes it empty.

HTH
Matthias