RE: trace file cleanup

  • From: Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 13:45:26 -0700

oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/03/2004 07:43:36 AM:
> Bryan,
> 
> I keep them for 15 days and then delete them.  I use the following to 
clean
> them up:
> 
> find $UDUMP_DIR -mtime +15  -print -exec rm {} \; 
> 
> The $UDUMP_DIR is an environmental pointing to the udump directory.  I 
do
> the same thing in the Bdump directory (renaming the alert log with a 
date
> included in the file name).  I keep files up to 30 days in this 
directory.
> 

Be sure to do some sanity checks on the $UDUMP var before running the 
find.

And for goodness sakes, stop using -exec and use xargs:

    find $UDUMP_DIR -mtime +15  -print | xargs rm

*Much* less CPU/memory intensive.

Jared


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