I think it is a new feature in 10g R1 ;) SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on Tue Feb 3 17:04:44 2004 Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. SQL> show parameter dump NAME TYPE VALUE ------------------------------------ ----------- --------------------------- background_core_dump string partial background_dump_dest string /u888/oradata/DA9T/bdump core_dump_dest string /u888/oradata/DA9T/cdump max_dump_file_size string 10485760 shadow_core_dump string partial user_dump_dest string /u888/oradata/DA9T/udump SQL> oradebug setospid 1779 Oracle pid: 7, Unix process pid: 1779, image: oracle@df2hp017 (SMON) SQL> oradebug event 10046 trace name context forever, level 12 Statement processed. SQL> oradebug tracefile_name /u01/home/oracle/product/10.1.0/rdbms/log/da9t_ora_1779.trc SQL> !ls -ld /u888/oradata/DA9T/*dump drwxrwxr-- 2 oracle dba 29696 Jan 31 15:44 /u888/oradata/DA9T/bdump drwxrwxr-- 2 oracle dba 96 Feb 2 12:44 /u888/oradata/DA9T/cdump drwxrwxr-- 2 oracle dba 1024 Feb 1 07:13 /u888/oradata/DA9T/udump No links for *dump directories. Ownerships, permissions ok. I have failed to find anything wrong with my setup. Worked fine when DA9T was a 9i database using exactly the same file systems/directories etc. Not a big issue to me, yet, to log an iTAR. - Kirti --- Cary Millsap <cary.millsap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Check Metalink too. I vaguely recall a student mentioning that this > behavior occurred as the result of a bug. > > > Cary Millsap > Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. > http://www.hotsos.com > * Nullius in verba * > > Upcoming events: > - Performance Diagnosis 101: 2/24 San Diego, 3/23 Park City, 4/6 Seattle > - SQL Optimization 101: 2/16 Dallas > - Hotsos Symposium 2004: March 7-10 Dallas > - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule details... > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------