Hi Guang,
just use the following Unix command:-
echo "" > alert_<sid>.log
That way, the file is "emptied" and the Instance can carry on using it.
Martin
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Hi:
I have a oracle db (oracle 8.0.5 on Sun Unix) whose alert_<sid>.log size is
too large. I want to delete it.
Can I just simply do "rm alert_<sid>.log" without shuting down the db,
assuming there is no "writting" going on to the file at that moment? I
usually do shutdown, delete alert log file, and then startup db again. But
this is a 24*7 db and can not be shutdown.
TIA.
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