RE: trace file cleanup

oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org wrote on 09/03/2004 07:43:36 AM:
> Bryan,
>
> I keep them for 15 days and then delete them. I use the following to
clean
> them up:
>
> find $UDUMP_DIR -mtime +15 -print -exec rm {} \;
>
> The $UDUMP_DIR is an environmental pointing to the udump directory. I
do
> the same thing in the Bdump directory (renaming the alert log with a
date
> included in the file name). I keep files up to 30 days in this
directory.
>

Be sure to do some sanity checks on the $UDUMP var before running the find.

And for goodness sakes, stop using -exec and use xargs:

    find $UDUMP_DIR -mtime +15 -print | xargs rm

*Much* less CPU/memory intensive.

Jared

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