That's what happens if you let Oracle's OUI setup your database for you. I always go in and modify the file parameters before I let it write any scripts or do anything for me. Seems like Oracle is modifying the OFA. Can't say I'm surprised. Also THANK YOU!! Cary. I knew I'd seen somewhere that they were supposed to be separate. Rodd oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Excellent! Coming from you, it's worth *tons*. I'm glad you replied, > Cary, and I'm glad to finally see the de facto OFA paper. > > Now I just need to figure out where I've seen the "oradata" directory > slapped under ORACLE_BASE or ORACLE_HOME. > > Thanks! > Rich > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cary Millsap [mailto:cary.millsap@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 12:51 PM > To: Jesse, Rich; stephenbooth.uk@xxxxxxxxx; jkstill@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Inheriting a "interesting" recovery process > > I would agree that .log is a dangerous extension for files that you want > *not* to get picked off by some SA's "find" command for deletion. > > And the OFA spec definitely does NOT put data files beneath ORACLE_BASE > or ORACLE_HOME (http://www.hotsos.com/e-library/abstract.php?id=19). > > So I agree with you on both accounts. > > For what it's worth. > > > Cary Millsap > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l