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where is the Oracle Event Log located?

Where is the location of my oracle event log (on a default Linux installation)?

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icepanda Avatar asked Oct 13 '08 08:10

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2 Answers

select value from v$parameter where name = 'background_dump_dest'
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cagcowboy Avatar answered Oct 17 '22 18:10

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Using @cagcowboy's answer, a default Oracle XE installation on Linux writes out to:

/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/admin/XE/bdump
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Andrew Avatar answered Oct 17 '22 19:10

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