Re: Dictionary location or initSID.ora and PWDsid.ora

Bob Metelsky wrote:
>
> Can I dynamicall find the location of initSID.ora
> Eg C:\admin\INSTANCE\PFILE\initSID.ora
> and the password dir
> E.g C:\Oracle\Ora81\DATABASE\*.ora
>
> Im setting up a cold backup script and would like to include these 2 dir
>
> Im poking around in the v$ tables but cant seem to find it
> Id like to avoid hardcoding the values
>
> Thanks!!
> bob

Bob,

   I am a bit useless with Windows but I have not always succeeded in avoiding it and I have learned that the magic word was 'registry'. The files you are looking for are at a fixed location in the Oracle file hierarchy and the registry should (hopefully) tell you whence you should start.

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