So the right and left slashes are valid? On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Subodh Deshpande < deshpande.subodh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > from where did you get this...is instance and database runnign at this > moment..on the said host.. > was it default installation, with flashbak enabled and > configuration/connectto metalink... > I prefer to remove the installation using delete database using dbca > > thanks..subodh > > On 11 February 2011 20:17, Thomas Day <tomdaytwo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I don't have much experience using directories in Oracle (Oracle 10 on >> Windows Server 2003). I've taken over an instance with very little >> documentation. I don't believe any of these directories below are usable. >> >> OWNER DIRECTORY_NAME >> ------------------------------ ------------------------------ >> DIRECTORY_PATH >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> SYS DATA_PUMP_DIR >> F:\oracle\product\10.2.0/admin/starsdev/dpdump/ >> >> SYS WORK_DIR >> F:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db/work >> >> SYS ORACLE_OCM_CONFIG_DIR >> F:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db/ccr/state >> >> >> NOTE the combination of left \ and right / slashes. Maybe my predecessor >> was trying to combine the best of Windows and Unix. >> >> I'm not sure what they'd be used for and I obviously can't find them under >> Windows. I'd like some confirmation that this is just plain bad data before >> I blow it away. >> > > > > -- > ============================== > DO NOT FORGET TO SMILE TODAY > ============================== >