This ADR stuff in 11g is beginning to get on my last nerve. It looks like I have something configured incorrectly but I'll be hanged if I know what it is. I have 1 listener called LISTENER. I have set ADR_BASE_LISTENER = c:\oracle\product\11.2.0\db_1\log in listener.ora Now: LSNRCTL> show current_listener Current Listener is LISTENER LSNRCTL> show log_file Connecting to ... {redacted} LISTENER parameter "log_file" set to c:\oracle\product\11.2.0\db_1\log\diag\tnslsnr\{host_name redacted}\listener\alert\log.xml The command completed successfully So, I go to that directory and I see hordes of XML files...Not really a problem since they are small. Now: LSNRCTL> show trc_file Connecting to ...{redacted} LISTENER parameter "trc_file" set to ora_7120_2748.trc LSNRCTL> show trc_level Connecting to ...{redacted} LISTENER parameter "trc_level" set to off LSNRCTL> show trc_directory Connecting to ...{redacted} LISTENER parameter "trc_directory" set to c:\oracle\product\11.2.0\db_1\log\diag\tnslsnr\{host_name redacted}\listener\trace So I go to that directory: C:\oracle\product\11.2.0\db_1\log\diag\tnslsnr\{host_name redacted}\listener\trace dir: Listener.log size 902 MB(!) Why is listener.log file being written to in the trace directory? Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-663-1673 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete the contents of this message without disclosing the contents to anyone, using them for any purpose, or storing or copying the information on any medium. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l