On an associated matter I recommend something we use to assist in knowing where the trace files are kept In the .profile I set up two aliases to point to the trace areas for ASM and whichever database my current SID is set to alias diagdest='cd $ORACLE_BASE/`adrci exec="show homes" | grep $ORACLE_SID`/trace' alias diagdestasm='cd $ORACLE_BASE/`adrci exec="show homes" | grep ASM`/trace' I am sure there are other ways of setting a similar alias and I am happy to hear of any that others use I also blogged about having a job to purge ADRCI automatically http://jhdba.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/purging-adr-log-and-trace-files-automatically/ John www.jhdba.wordpress.com ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Leyi Zhang (Kamus) Sent: 18 April 2010 04:15 To: JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l-freelists; oracle-db-l Subject: Re: ADRCI purging of alert log As I know, you should run adrci -> purge command by yourself. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority 1240 W. 6th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 ______________________________________________________________________ Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc is registered in England with number 358949. The registered office of the company is situated at Gain Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD3 7DL. This email and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please inform the sender by replying to the email that you have received in error and then destroy the email. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy or rely on the email or its attachments in any way. This email does not constitute a contract in writing for the purposes of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989. Our Standard Terms and Conditions of Purchase, as may be amended from time to time, apply to any contract that we enter into. The current version of our Standard Terms and Conditions of Purchase is available at: http://www.morrisons.co.uk/gscop Although we have taken steps to ensure the email and its attachments are virus-free, we cannot guarantee this or accept any responsibility, and it is the responsibility of recipients to carry out their own virus checks. ______________________________________________________________________