ior -s for shutdown and ior w for startup-:)))) coming from old memory.... Regards Rafiq > From: howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:48:55 +0100 > Subject: shutdown fails - more for interest > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > My shutdown -r on Linux Redhat Oracle 11g failed > because a lock fire "blah\blah\ior" was missing! I thought it rang a bell > and after googling found this > *IOR* (Initiate *ORacle*) was an *Oracle* 5 DBA utility for starting and > stopping databases. *IOR* was later replaced with SQL*DBA in *Oracle* 6, > Server *...* > > Bit Legacy using a file name from version 5 ! > > I also remember ufi ! > > > -- > Howard A. Latham > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l