RE: alert log file

When I see a humungous file like that, I build a little ksh script that hasn't failed me yet.  

suffix=`date +%y%m%d`
cp -p alertSID.log alertSID_${suffix}.log
> alertSID.log
 

The only thing that might happen is if Oracle is updating the log file at EXACTLY the moment you execute this script then that log line may be lost. As I said, it hasn't happened - yet - that I know of - but YMMV.  

Cheers,
Mike

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Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:54 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

for one of the db over here alert log is biggggggg .Looks like its never been truncated or backup . Is it a problem if i just move this alert log file to another directory , will oracle create a new alert log file ? Do I need to bounce db ?  

btw its 8.1.6 ( hp-ux )
-ak  

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