In our shop, compressiong are done after 2 days (TRC files are good for compression), then (like in Tom's case ) files removed after 30 days. J. On 03.09.2004 17:43:36 oracle-l-bounce wrote: >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. > >I also clean up the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/audit directory and the >$ORACLE_HOME/network/log directory in the same way. > >Change the number of days to suite your needs. > >Hope this helps. > >Tom Mercadante >Oracle Certified Professional > -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/