I was NOT advising to redirect /dev/null to the file system.
I said in case if the database is started with audit_file_dest=/dev/null
and
cannot be shutdown - ' to resolve the problem TEMPORARY ...' relink
/dev/null to the file system to shut down the database.
With regards
Alex Afanassiev
Oracle DBA, TOC Operations Support/IDO
Tel: (03) 8 661 20 61
Fax: (03) 9 650 36 74
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dax Mickelson [SMTP:dax.mickelson_at_lightcom.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 12:55 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: was RE: core_dump_dest = /dev/null? --> audit_file_dest
>
>
> Isn't it bad to write to /dev/null? I thought /dev/null was just an empty
>
> file that you used to copy over other files (i.e. cp /dev/null
> /home/luser/big_file.txt).
>
> If you attempt to write to /dev/null it will still take up hard drive
> space
> (I think).
>
> Maybe set your core dump to a specific directory as you are supposed to
> and
> then have the cron rm the dir and then recreate it.
>
> At 17:44 2000-05-29 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hi Leng
> >
> >I think is not quite correct to state '...was never able to startup the
> >database again...' .
> >It is possible to startup the database having pointed audit_file_dest to
> >/dev/null.
> >The difficult part is to shut it down. It is possible to resolve the
> >problem linking temporary /dev/null to the any file system (example
> /tmp)
> >instead of ../devices/pseudo/...
> >
> >With regards
> >Alex Afanassiev
> >Oracle DBA, TOC Operations Support/IDO
> >Tel: (03) 8 661 20 61
> >Fax: (03) 9 650 36 74
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Leng Kaing [SMTP:lkaing_at_yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 6:56 PM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > Subject: Re: core_dump_dest = /dev/null?
> > >
> > > Ok, pointing core_dump_dest may be ok, but not
> > > audit_file_dest.
> > >
> > > I know of a friend who had pointed audit_file_dest to
> > > /dev/null and was never able to startup the database
> > > again.
> > >
> > > For those of you who would like to experiment, just
> > > try and see what you get.
> > >
> > > Leng.
> > >
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