RE: Listener Log Aging Script

See John Carlson's answer. You could shut down the listener and delete or rename the file but why bother when you can just >/dev/null>listener.log

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Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 10:44 AM
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Why is it necessary to null out the file? Does LSNR keep a open file handle open to it?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Orr, Steve [SMTP:sorr_at_rightnow.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 12:25 PM
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> Subject: RE: Listener Log Aging Script
>
> Make a copy of the file appended by the Julian date then empty the log via
> cat /dev/null > listener.log. (You don't really need a cat.)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 9:50 AM
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>
>
> Could anyone share their Unix script to age the listener log file? I know
> that this has been posted to the group in the past, but I was unable to
> find
> it in the archives at FatCity.
>
> Thanks.
> Erik

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