Hi Mladen / David ... i need to get approval for using lsof and it's in process. that's going to take some time.sorry that i should have told this before. in the mean time , i would need something in the place of lsof. is there any thing like that !!!! Thanks for your response. Regards, Prem. On 6/23/05, Mladen Gogala <gogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would try lsof. lsof is not just a linux tool. You can find it on: > ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/binaries/hpux > > Alternatively, if you have a C compiler, you can compile it from the source: > ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof > That is the recommended way of doing things. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l