Re: Which parameter file has been used?

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 00:46:54 +0200, Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert_at_xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Diego,
> On unix 'ls -lutr' shows a directory listing with access times, sorted
> from old to new. The latest accessed parameterfile is probably the the
> one used to start the database, unless the files were accessed for
> backup purposes, by vi, grep or whatever. No idea whether this is
> possible in Window$ though.

Yes its possible in Windows. Of course you will only read the last accessed time after having opened both files in a text editor to find out which one it was.

The bottom line though is that only the person responsible for starting the db knows how it was started (or indeed on which system the parameter file lies - who said it was the server).

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com
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