I doubt it. Notice the appended zeros and capital "O"s at the end of each filename? It's just Oracle's way of renaming the current version of a binary before relinking. I haven't used 11gR2 yet, but it works that way in previous versions. Rich > Can someone please check for me size of the following executables on your > 11.2.0.1 linux RH5 - 2.6.9-89 installation under $ORACLE_HOME/bin > > Is it normal for these all to be 0 bytes. > Should I be concerned? > > -rwxr-x--- 1 aegupgr dba 0 Aug 13 22:59 ctxloadO > -rwxr-x--- 1 aegupgr dba 0 Aug 13 22:59 ctxlcO -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l