Re: QUESTION: Latest CPU thinks I have a db running

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:11:40 +0100
Message-ID: <dv9rl2$bqp$1@news5.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>

BD wrote:

>> Your story makes no sense to me; a symlink is OK, but it links to your home directory!

>
> So? I have a home/oracle/admin/<SID>/pfile directory, and the init file
> lives there.
> $ORACLE_HOME/dbs has a symlink to the file.
>
> Might not be to everyone's taste, but it's worked fine in this
> environment for years...
>

Yes, I am familiar with the setup, I have been using it myself.

Point is, you *link* to $ORACLE_HOME/dbs (whatever the value of $ORACLE_HOME, it is fixed).

So, if you have /u01/oracle/product/10.1 as one home, and /u01/oracle/product/9.2 as another, your simlink points to /u01/oracle/product/9.2/dbs/initSID.ora!

No matter how you change your $ORACLE_HOME value!

Or do I fail to see the obvious?

-- 
Regards,
Frank van Bortel

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Received on Wed Mar 15 2006 - 14:11:40 CST