Onkar N Tiwary wrote: <snipped> > but still the same problem.... Any other ideas??????????? On Unix (or at least my Linux RHES platforms), the following two basic rules apply. 1. OPatch must be run inside the actual patch directory itself. I.e. the directory that contains the patch number. 2. OPatch must be run using the full path to the Perl program and must not be resolved via the o/s environment path as this invalidates rule 1. Simple example. This does not work (rule 1 violated): /software/oracle/pacthes/123456789/notes> opatch apply This does not work (rule 2 voliated): /software/oracle/pacthes/123456789> opatch apply This works: /software/oracle/pacthes/123456789> /software/oracle/product/10.1.0/OPatch/opatch apply No idea what the relevance, if any, is to the Windows o/s. But on Linux RHES AMD64, it applies. (rule 2 is especially weird and seems be an issue with how the Perl Interpreter is invoked) -- Billy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Telkom SA Limited e-mail legal notice available at http://www.telkom.co.za/TelkomEMailLegalNotice.PDF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l