Oracle Administration Unix
Delete the 500 Oldest Files in a Directory (Oracle DBA)
Apr 29, 2026 / · 5 min read · Oracle Database Unix Commands Oracle DBA Trace Files Audit Files Database Maintenance Storage Management Diagnostic Dest ·Delete the 500 Oldest Files in a Directory (Oracle DBA) Purpose Oracle's diagnostic destination (DIAGNOSTIC_DEST), audit file destination (AUDIT_FILE_DEST, also known as adump), and per-process trace directories collect thousands of small files over time. Inode counts, not bytes, are usually the limit that bites first …
Read MoreList Files Opened by an Oracle Process with lsof -p
Apr 28, 2026 / · 5 min read · Oracle Database Unix Commands Oracle DBA lsof Process Diagnostics File Handles Troubleshooting Background Processes ·List Files Opened by an Oracle Process with lsof -p Purpose lsof (LiSt Open Files) is the UNIX tool for inspecting which processes have which files open. For an Oracle DBA it is the fastest answer to four common questions: which datafiles is this server process touching, which trace file is PMON writing into right now, …
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