Niall writes: > In the case of the listener then lsnrctl can be used to rename the log file In unixish, something like this: # Temporarily change the listener log location lsnrctl <<EOD1 set log_file listener_OLD EOD1 # Archive the listener log by renaming mv $ORACLE_HOME/network/log/listener.log $ORACLE_HOME/network/log/listener.log_`date +\%y\%m\%d\%H\%M\%S` # Reset the listener log location lsnrctl <<EOD2 set log_file listener EOD2 # Keep two weeks worth. find $ORACLE_HOME/network/log/*.log_???????????? -mtime +14|xargs -i -t rm {} A cleanup of the ever-growing "listener_OLD" file is in order as well. Perhaps a similar rename/purge... YMMV. Standard "not my fault" disclaimer applies. :) Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l