Well the 11g route would be ADRCI SET HOME SHOW ALERT .. On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Walker, Jed S <Jed_Walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > Good thinking but that isn't it. I did "show parameter background" and it > is the directory I'm checking in. It doesn't appear the instance itself > thinks it is somewhere else. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l