Re: core_xxx directory without core

From: gazzag <gareth_at_jamms.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:02:15 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <7f3e8f00-23b0-4e1f-af57-9bb5ad8307af@b36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>

On 19 Nov, 12:11, haomiao <miaoh..._at_ustc.edu> wrote:
> Hi
> Today in my oracle's cdump directory, there are many core_xxx
> directories without core
> and some core_xxx directories with core(this is another problem).
> In the udump directory, there are .trc files which number is
> nearly same as the real cores.
> In the alert.log, there are also entries which number is nearly
> same as the real cores.
>
> So where did these core_xxx directories without core come from?

Perhaps there is a cron job on the system that searches for and deletes core files over a certain timestamp. You could amend the job to remove the corresponding directory at the same time.

HTH -g Received on Mon Nov 19 2007 - 09:02:15 CST