RE: what is purify

Also, on unix, to see what dynamic libraries an executable depends on, you can do:

ldd <executable_name>

and you'll see the list of shared libraries this executable is dependent on.

-Mark

PS ldd=list dynamic dependencies, so it does nothing to tell you what static libraries an executable is linked against. On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 15:33, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:
> One thought if you are on Unix would to be to use the Unix command "strings"
> to search the different libraries and binaries for variations of the word
> "purify". Look at the line Oracle pointed out to you for anything else that
> you could search for. You can find a surprising amount of information from
> supposedly unreadable binaries.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 40%OCP
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 1:19 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Hi,
>
> When you install oracle it might link some things together.
> Possibly it used some obecjts that were compiled with purify
> or it is somehow installed on your system. Look for the objects
> that might have this and try to figure out where they came from.
>
> Hth,
>
> Jeroen
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Jeffrey Beckstrom [mailto:JBECKSTROM_at_gcrta.org]
> Verzonden: donderdag 24 oktober 2002 17:49
> Aan: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Onderwerp: RE: what is purify
>
>
> but we did not download or install it.
>
> >>> Robert_Freeman_at_csx.com 10/24/02 10:39:07 AM >>>
> See:
> http://www.rational.com/products/purify_nt/index.jsp
> <http://www.rational.com/products/purify_nt/index.jsp>
>
> I think this is what they are talking about.
>
> RF
>
> Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP
> Oracle Database Architect
> CSX Midtier Database Administration
> Author of several Oracle books you can find on Amazon.com!
>
> Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How
> efficient of you.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 8:54 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Have we had several cases where oracle.exe on NT during patching of Oracle
> Apps 11i gets a runaway thread. This thread is not known to Oracle - not in
> v$session. Even if shutdown database, still at 100%. Must halt the service
> for it to resolved.
>
> Oracle is theorizing backupexec from Veritas might be a problem - but
> doesn't make sense since that service is always running.
>
> Now in a dump, Oracle see's something called purify and want us to disable
> it to see if that makes a difference.
>
> Never heard of purify - what is this??
>
>
>
> Jeffrey Beckstrom
> Database Administrator
> Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
> 1240 W. 6th Street
> Cleveland, Ohio 44113
> (216) 781-4204

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