Invalid File/Volume Count

Over many years I've had many Macs, but I've never seen this problem. I recently purchased a new unibody MacBook 13.3 and LED Cinema Display. I didn't use Time Machine to populate it...I installed all my apps from scratch.
Every couple of days, if I run "Verify Disk" from Disk Utility, it finds the file count off by two or three and the directory count off by two or three. Each time I run "Repair Disk" and it fixes the problems, but they always return. I'm not changing anything on the computer, running new software, etc., just normal computing, albeit quite a few hours a day.
Could this be caused by hardware (read: is there something wrong with this new MacBook)? Thanks in advance for any hints.
Larry

Use your install disc instead ...
Check out this thread > Disk Utility: invalid volume file count...: Apple Support Communities

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Frequent 'Filesystem Corrupt', Invalid File count

I have been getting this message every a couple of days in my MBP or iMac running 10.6.2. It happens/visible only when I runs Disk Utility and Verify Disk. Of course, this brings unsettling point to me when it comes now and then. Not to mention I have to boot from DVD to run disk utility to fix this
Error Message: Invalid file count (It should be xxxxx instead of xxx+1) AND
Error Message: Invalid volume directory count (It should be xxxxx instead of xxxx-1)
Any idea what causes this and what's the impact i.e. do I lose any files?
Thanks!!

Leonard Ong wrote:
Hi Tim,
By default, it is HFS+ Journaled (non-case sensitive). So I have also the same understanding that journalled filesystem should be robust as you wrote it. But the fact that this comes now and then, It created some doubts.
Is this a harmless error message or should I be worried about it. That basically my questions. I do repair when I see this.
It can't be because of disk is failing for a number of reason:
1) I have the same behavior both in my iMac and MBP
2) Both HDD has been replaced with new one recently
3) Both HDD has passed through surface scan from TechTool Deluxe 5.0.6, so no bad blocks
Still a puzzle...
Are you sure that the errors are showing up on both computers when performing either a "Verify Disk" or "Repair Disk" and NOT just a "Verify Disk Permissions" or "Repair Disk Permissions"? Permissions errors are mostly harmless. Filesystem errors (the sort you see when you ask for "Verify Disk" or "Repair Disk" in Disk Utility are not harmless and you should be worried about those.
If so, then either both drives are failing or your drives are being exposed to a strong enough magnetic field to damage their data (and that would have be pretty strong -- a common refrigerator magnet wouldn't do the trick.) In all of my years of working with journaled filesystems (or operating systems with "filesystem logging" which is the same thing) I have NEVER seen a journaled volume have filesystem errors unless it was physically failing.
Journaling will prevent filesystem errors if it's enabled for pretty much every cause except for a physically defective or damaged disk. Here's the short version of how journaling works...
Journaling (aka "filesystem logging") is intended to prevent filesystem corruption... and it's pretty rock-solid.
1) A "journal" (or "log") area is added.
2) A hard rule is established that, under no circumstances may the OS be performing writes to both the journal and the regular filesystem at the same time. One must be flushed before it can work on the other and vice versa.
3) When a write operation is about to happen, the OS writes information to the journal indicating which blocks on the filesystem are about to be changed and what it's about to change. This information is flushed to disk.
4) The OS can then perform the write on the actual filesystem areas it intended to change. These must then be flushed to disk.
5) The journal can now be cleared.
That's pretty much it (simplified). But think about what this does. Normally if something interrupts a write operation (something crashes, a kernel panic, a power loss, etc.) there is something that will still have integrity because the OS will not write to both the journal and the regular filesystem at the same time.
If a failure occurs while writing to the filesystem it's no big deal. When the system boots back up, it notices the journal wasn't cleared so it "replays" the journal. This re-writes any blocks that might only have been partially written thus clearing any chance of corruption on the volume.
If a failure occurs while writing to the journal it's still no big deal. When the system boots back up it notices a corrupt journal, but that means the regular filesystem itself wasn't being touched so the filesystem is guaranteed to not have errors on it (although it does mean the last file you were about to save probably didn't get saved -- and that file wouldn't have written successfully even if journaling were off. At least this way there is no filesystem corruption.)
While it sounds pretty solid (and it is) there's still a potential for corruption, but it's rare. If a drive swings the access arms to a specific track and starts writing data, the assumption is that the write head is above the correct track. If the head is "sloppy" due to wear, then the head may be slightly mis-aligned and bleeding writes into the adjacent track. This will cause filesystem corruption even with journaling enabled.
If these drives came with the computers then the only warranty would be via Apple. If you purchased these drives on your own then they probably came with a pretty good manufacturer warranty -- most drives I've purchased in recent years had at least a 3 year warranty.

Slideshow can not be export: An invalid file or volume name has been detected.

How can I find this file after following error?
slideshow can not be export
An invalid file or volume name has been detected.
I am not able to export my slideshow at all
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Diashow kann nicht exportiert werden
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Ich kann die Diashow so überhaupt nicht exportieren!

Wann tritt diese Fehlermeldung auf? Direkt nachdem der "Export" Knopf gedrückt wurde, oder erst nach einiger Zeit, wenn die fertige Diaschau gesichert werden soll?
Wohin soll die Diaschau geschrieben werden, wenn sie fertig ist? Auf den Schreibtisch oder auf eine externe Festplatte? Die Fehlermeldung könnte bedeuten, dass der gewählte Dateiname unzulässig ist oder der Ordner oder die festplatte unzulässige Namen haben.
Eventuell ist auch eined der Bilder in der Diaschau nicht lesbar.
Können Sie überhaupt irgeneine Diaschau exportieren? Versuchen Sie einmal eine neue, zweite Diaschau zu erzeugen, ganz kurz mit nur einoder zwei Bildern. Geht das?
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How to proceed from Disk repair "invalid directory item count" "this disk needs to be repaired"?

I'm trying to repair the hard drive on a MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6.8. To be honest I'm surprised the machine has lasted so long. It's very sluggish at the moment.
When verifying the hard drive, I get these details:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Invalid directory item count
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Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
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"This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk."
How should I proceed from here? Is the only path to use a mac OS X installation disk (which I don't have, so would have to source and borrow)?
Many thanks

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Disk Utility: Invalid Directory Item Count

I have noticed a minor problem with my Mac Pro when restarting. Sometimes it will fail to restart correctly and simply displays the grey screen (but not the apple icon). Usually powering down the Mac Pro will get it to start up correctly. Not ideal, but manageable.
I ran Disk Utility earlier to check what may be causing this issue and was given the following after Verifying Disk:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking file systemPerforming live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 33 instead of 32)
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the Mac OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.
If I restart and launch Recovery HD will I lose any data or mess things up? The machine works perfectly fine once booted and I was none the wiser to this error until I ran disk utility. The timing is unfortunate as I have just ordered a replacement drive for Time Machine due to an unrelated external hard drive error, so I don't have a recent backup which is a bit unnerving.
I want to run Recovery HD but I'm worried its going to cause a problem on an otherwise fully operational machine. I don't want to create an issue unless there is one (especially when I dont have a secure backup for a few more days). I also have Disk Warrior which has been fantastic in the past, but I cannot use it on the Mackintosh HD as it wont allow rebuilding of the startup disc.
So my question is: Should I run recovery HD now or just wait until I have a secure backup just in case it screws up? Is it possible Recovery HD may "create" a problem for me on my machine which runs and operates perfectly (minus the restart problem).

I went into Recovery HD and ran Disk Utility. It verified and repaired the permissions without any data loss or problems. As a bonus the boot problem seems to have been recitifed.

Invalid leaf record count (it should be 175 of 5069)

Hi guys,
Long time Mac user and desperately wanting to bring my old Sunflower IMac back to full life.
I was having a few problems with it, sometimes had the question mark on boot up, lots of crashing. Decided to do an archive and reinstall. I had been running Snow Leopard.
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Managed to google around and reset the password. But then it booted into Darwin when it accepted my new password.
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sh-2.05a# 0
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I'm thinking maybe I'll need Diskwarrior which I saw mentioned in some threads here.
*In my OP I meant 'it wouldn't accept my password' in the third paragraph.

CREATE_CASH : ORA-29282: invalid file ID

While running the AR_RECEIPT_API_PUB.create_and_apply to create and apply a receipt in R12, i get the error:
Message 1. CREATE_CASH : ORA-29282: invalid file ID
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DECLARE
l_return_status VARCHAR2(1);
l_msg_count NUMBER;
l_msg_data VARCHAR2(240);
l_cash_receipt_id NUMBER;
p_count number := 0;
BEGIN
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mo_global.set_policy_context('S','83');
fnd_global.apps_initialize(1303, 50695, 222,0);
AR_RECEIPT_API_PUB.create_and_apply
( p_api_version => 1.0,
p_init_msg_list => FND_API.G_TRUE,
p_commit => FND_API.G_TRUE,
p_validation_level => FND_API.G_VALID_LEVEL_FULL,
x_return_status => l_return_status,
x_msg_count => l_msg_count,
x_msg_data => l_msg_data,
p_amount => 1309.6,
p_receipt_number => 'TIENDA-api2',
p_receipt_date => '22-JUL-2012',
p_gl_date => '22-JUL-2012',
p_customer_number => 1007,
p_receipt_method_id => 1000,
p_trx_number => '145996',
p_cr_id => l_cash_receipt_id );
-- 3) Review the API output
dbms_output.put_line('Status ' || l_return_status);
dbms_output.put_line('Message count ' || l_msg_count);
dbms_output.put_line('Cash Receipt ID ' || l_cash_receipt_id );
if l_msg_count = 1 Then
dbms_output.put_line('l_msg_data '|| l_msg_data);
elsif l_msg_count > 1 Then
loop
p_count := p_count + 1;
l_msg_data := FND_MSG_PUB.Get(FND_MSG_PUB.G_NEXT,FND_API.G_FALSE);
if l_msg_data is NULL Then
exit;
end if;
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end loop;
end if;
END;

Please see these docs.
Oracle Receivables Reference Guide Release 12 [ID 1077107.1]
Oracle Receivables: Receipts API Known Issues and Patches [ID 1362066.1]
Oracle Receivables: Receipts API Overview, Setup, Sample Scripts and Troubleshooting [ID 1361075.1]
http://etrm.oracle.com/pls/et1211d9/etrm_pnav.show_object?c_name=AR_RECEIPT_API_PUB&c_owner=APPS&c_type=PACKAGE
https://forums.oracle.com/forums/search.jspa?threadID=&q=AR_RECEIPT_API_PUB.create_and_apply&objID=c3&dateRange=all&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001
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Invalid File Handle - Windows 7 clients talking to Mac OS 10.5.8 server

Hello
I have a file-sharing volume setup under 10.5.8 server - however with the addition of Window 7 clients i'm noticing lots of error whilst trying to copy to or from that volume {setup under SMB and AFP} via a windows machine...
My Mac OS clients report no issues
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any fixes?
many thanks in advance!

http://www.laurentnomine.com/2009/09/invalid-file-handle-when-copying-files-from -os-x-leopard-10-5-to-vista7/

Solution for invalid directory item count, startup disk corruption and regular crashes

Hi,
My late 2006 MacBook (10.6.8) has recently started crashing quite frequently. The screen becomes dark and a multi-language dialogue appears stating that the computer must be restarted with the power button. When this occurs any audio which was playing begins to repeat/skip and the computer goes into complete lockdown. This is now happening perhaps twice a day or more under moderate use.
This morning I ran 'Verify Disk' in Disk Utility and the process was stopped, stating that I had two 'Invalid directory item counts' and 'the volume Macintosh
HD was found to be corrupt'. Here is a screenshot of the Disk Utility window:
I have rebooted, run a software update and rerun the disk verification but to no avail. I also booted using CMD-S, advised by an older post in another forum which suggested using 'fsck -yf' which ran and stated that the disk had been repaired.
I bought the MacBook second hand from an Apple dealer but it didn't come with an install disc so I am unable to reboot and repair the disk like that.
My questions, therefore, are what does this mean for my computer in the future, will either of these issues cause me more trouble?
What can I do about it without the install disc
And are these issues directly related to the crashes? (I have been running the computer connected to an external drive and monitor - for watching movies)
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
Twitch

Not much you can do without an install disc which can be purchased from Apple Store > Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.)
multi-language dialogue appears
That is referred to as a kernel panic. OS X: About kernel panics
Regardless of the kernel panics, you will still need the install disc to repair and reinstall OS X if necessary.
And are these issues directly related to the crashes? (I have been running the computer connected to an external drive and monitor - for watching movies)
Could be part of the problem.

Invalid free block count

Hi,
Earlier today I wanted to use the boot camp utility to install WinXP on my MBP. I decided to set the partition to about 60 Gb of space for Windows, but the utility crashed from some reason. (The screen went slightly dim grey and the message "please restart your computer now" appeared).
So I restarted the computer, but now, the 60 Gb I allocated for the new partition has been interpreted by the OS as used space on the Mac HD. I tried running Disk Utility to verify what was going on, and I get the message "Disk repair failed, invalid free block count".
How can I get my free space back? Do I really need to use the Leopard dvd to run disk utility again? I hope not, because I left the dvd at my other house, that's pretty far away from where I am right now. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

I don't know that Disk Utility can help since it will not repair the corrupted Boot Camp partition. You can run Boot Camp Assistant and see if it will remove the partition. If it cannot, then the next steps can be a gamble so you should backup your OS X partition in case you may need to repartition the drive.
If you cannot remove the partition with Boot Camp, then you can try this:
Open Disk Utility, select the drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the left side bar, then click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. You should now see the partition sizing graphic. Hopefully you should see two partitions. The top partition will be your OS X system volume. The bottom partition should be the one Boot Camp tried to create. Click in the bottom partition to select it (you will see it will be outlined in blue) and click on the "-" button in the lower left corner. The partition should then be removed. Click on the Apply button and wait for the process to complete. If the process fails then you will have to start from scratch and repartition the entire drive. Your OS X installation will be lost. This is why you need to make the backup in advance. If it does work then select the sizing gadget in the lower right corner of the remaining partition and drag it down to the bottom of the sizing window, then click on the Apply button again. Wait for the repartitioning to complete.
Just to be on the safe side I would repair the drive:
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder. If you need to reformat your startup volume, then you must boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.)
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (only required for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Steps 4-6 are optional but should be used on a drive that has never been formatted before, if the format type is not Mac OS Extended, if the partition scheme has been changed, or if a different operating system (not OS X) has been installed on the drive.

Invalid leaf record count, keys out of order?

Yesterday I returned home from a month long trip which I did not bring my 13 inch 2011MacBook Pro on.
I plugged it in and turned it on, and connected my phone to it so i could retrieve some photos. I looked away and looked back to see the grey "You must hard shut down your computer" error message. Possibly because i think the phone may have been disconnected without being properly ejected? So i turned it off and then later the next day, when I try to turn it on it is stuck on the white apple loading screen forever. When I startup with Command+R and enter disk utility, it tells me:
Invalid Leaf record count, keys out of order, volume could not be repaired. When I startup in single user mode and use fsck -fy it tells me the same.
I got it used less than a year ago. I have some pretty heavy applications like MS Office, Photoshop and a few other adobe applications, and The Sims 3.
Help!

When Disk Utility can't repair a hard drive, with an error like that, many buy Disk Warrior to do the repair. You can see an answer on the Disk Warrior site here.
Or, if you have a system backup, erase the hard drive (I would probably do a secure erase and write zero's to the hard drive) and restore it.

Invalid File Name Errors when syncing to Ipod

Ever since an update last fall I have been getting Invalid file name errors when I try to sync my ipod. A window would pop up saying "Windows could not copy 'SONGNAME' to the iPod 'IPODNAME' because an unkown error occurred (-37)." I would press OK and another window would immediately pop up that would say, "Attempting to copy to the disk 'IPODNAME' failed. the file name is invalid or too long."
The windows would keep popping up countless times until the sync would just seem to time out and stop.
The problem songs would have no problem playing in iTunes.
Prior to the update this did not happen. No new songs were added around this time and nothing was changed to my file directory structure. I was too busy to troubleshoot this problem at the time and hoped that another update would fix it. Well, here I am many months and updates later and still no fix. After fiddling with iTunes and resetting my Ipod multiple times (goodbye saved angry bird games)I have found out that:
1. By writing down the file name when the error windows pop up I can get a partial list of the problem file names. I could not get a complete list of the problem files because the sync would time out before a full list could be compiled (the list appears to be in the hundreds).
2. If I changed the name of the file by adding OR deleting one character, remapping the song in itunes, the song would then sync properly.
3. If I changed the name of the file, remapped the location of the file within iTunes, changed the name of the file BACK to the original name that iTunes supposedly had a problem with, and then remapped the location of the song within iTunes, the song would then sync properly
4. If I moved the song to a different directory without changing the file name, remapped the song within iTunes, the song would sync properly.
5. If I moved the song to a different directory without changing the file name, remapped the song within iTunes, moved the file BACK to the original directory, remapped the song again, the song would sync properly.
6. If I renamed the file and then named it back to the original file name WITHOUT remapping the file location in iTunes, the song would still not sync properly
7. If I moved the file into a different directory and then back again without remapping the file location, the song would still not sync properly.
8. Changing or deleting the tags has no effect at all.
9. File name lengths are already under 200 characters and there are no special characters used.
So, to sum up, I have found out a way to fix the issue. The problem is, that there are hundreds of songs that appear to be affected and renaming or moving every single one individually and then remapping is extremely inefficient and ignores the cause of the problem. I also did not want to delete the itunes library and then add all of the songs back in because I have many custom playlists that I have spent hours creating and I do not want to delete them.
Is there a better way to fix the problem? Especially if someone knows the root cause?

I got a procmon log file and examined it. I have the file and I could also provide you with that or screenshots of it.
There is nothing unusual about it. I can see entires in which CR has successfully opened the report and has cached in a c:\windows\temp.
However there is one or two non-successful entries that may be related, especially that examining the stack trace brings us to a call to get_ProductLocaleID():
- A call to read reg entry HKU\S-1-5-20\Software\Business Objects\Suite 12.0\Crystal Reports\Locale fails with NAME NOT FOUND.
- immediately after that and from the same process (w3wp.ex) there is a call to open directory "c:\" which is logged as ACCESS DENIED.
Any subsequent unsuccessful calls seem to be results of exception handling in the debug code.
Does this point to any setup issues with CR? We always run the redistributable x86 runtime when installing it.

Copying files from Mac to Windows-invalid file names

Unfortunately, my boss likes Windows more than Macs, so we have puchased some new Dell computers to replace older G4 Macs.
I'm having trouble copying existing files from a Mac (OS 10.4)to the shared drive on the Windows XP computer. I'm getting an error message:
"You can't copy the item 'filename' because the name is too long or includes characters that the disk can't display." Sometimes it doesn't give a filename, it gives a similar message "Some items couldn't be copied..."
I assume the person has used some "illegal" file names such as "Meeting minutes 10/7/07" Or maybe we have too many folders inside of folders.
QUESTION: Is there a correct/better way to copy large quantites of files/folders from Mac to Windows? Or is there a program that will look at the Mac files and alert me to wrong or too long files names?
Other ideas to copy these files?
thanks,
Bill

You can use a freeware utility like Renamer4Mac or BatchRename'em both of which have built-in filters that will rename files for Windows compatibility.
Thank you... This sounded to me like it would fix the problem, so I downloaded both and looked at them. However, the manual/help file is very sparse, so I don't know if it will do what I want to and how it would do it.
1. I couldn't find any option in either program to: Look at all files in selected folder, and list any invalid file names for Windows.
2. There doesn't seem to be an option to "rename files without bad Windows characters" or "Remove invalid for Windows characters"
I just couldn't find any explanation of how it was offering to rename the files. I can't rename all files to sequential names, that would make it hard to find a file later.
Thank you,
Bill

Some WMA files returning "invalid file" error when I try to transfer them to my MP3 pla

Hello! I'm having a new problem with my Zen Micro this week. I have been using Walmart.com's music download service for a year or so now and have never had a problem with their files. All of a sudden this week, 2/3rds of the files I have downloaded will not transfer to my MP3 player. When I try to import them, the Zen Micro returns an error saying they are "invalid" files. Some files transfer fine -- others give me this error. I talked to Walmart about this and they said it's a problem with my MP3 player. Does anybody know what might be causing this? Should I be trying an upgrade to my Media Explorer program, or something like that?
Thanks for any advice you can offer (and yes, I know Walmart is run by *******s, but at least they don't make me download a huge application before I can buy online music from them!).
--Meg

I had similar problems with downloads before I upgraded to PlaysForSure. Even though in theory you don't need PlaysForSure for pay as you go downloads, in practice the complex rights built into the music mean that it is the only guarantee that downloaded music will play for sure and correctly on your player. I would recommend upgrading to PlaysForSure firmware from the 'downloads' section of this website (you need windows xp service pack 2 and windows media player 0 first). Make sure you back up your music if possible first as all content will be erased when you upgrade firmware. You will then need to download the software suite for PlaysForSure zen micros to get MediaSource and MediaExplorer.
Message Edited by joshua32 on 04-27-2006 05:28 PM

ORA-29283 invalid file operation

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I am trying to get the content of a trace file generated for me.
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1. I alter my session trace identifier to easier identify the trace file
ALTER SESSION SET TRACEFILE_IDENTIFIER = 'Func01';2. I invoke DBMS_MONITOR
3. I run the procedure I want to monitor.
4. I disable the monitoring by calling DBMS_MONITOR
5. At this point I run the following query to identify my trace file:
select u_dump.value || '/' || instance.value || '_ora_' || v$process.spid || nvl2(v$process.traceid, '_' || v$process.traceid, null ) || '.trc'"Trace File"
from V$PARAMETER u_dump
cross join V$PARAMETER instance
cross join V$PROCESS
join V$SESSION on v$process.addr = V$SESSION.paddr
where 1=1
   and u_dump.name = 'user_dump_dest'
   and instance.name = 'instance_name'
   and V$SESSION.audsid=sys_context('userenv','sessionid');It gives me: /ORACLE/MYDB/trace/MYDB_ora_3616822_Func01.trc
I have created directory in advanced on the path where the traces are stored:
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY trace_dir AS '/ORACLE/MYDB/trace/';
SELECT * FROM dba_directories WHERE directory_name = 'TRACE_DIR';
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OWNER DIRECTORY_NAME DIRECTORY_PATH
SYS     TRACE_DIR      /ORACLE/MYDB/trace/I don't have rights to grant read, write on TRACE_DIR to my user, as I am not logged with SYS.
I created a table to store in it the lines from the trace file:
CREATE TABLE tmp_traces_tab
callnum NUMBER,
line NUMBER,
fileline CLOB
);Then I run the following PL/SQL block to retrieve the content of the trace and store it in the table T:
DECLARE
l_file            UTL_FILE.file_type;
l_location     VARCHAR2 (100) := 'TRACE_DIR';
l_filename    VARCHAR2 (255) := 'MYDB_ora_3616822_Func01.trc';
l_text           VARCHAR2 (32767);
l_line           NUMBER := 1;
l_call           NUMBER := 1;
BEGIN
-- Open file.
l_file := UTL_FILE.fopen (l_location, l_filename, 'r', 32767);
-- Read and output first line.
UTL_FILE.get_line (l_file, l_text, 32767);
INSERT INTO tmp_traces_tab (callnum, line, fileline) VALUES (l_call, l_line, l_text);
l_line := l_line + 1;
BEGIN
    LOOP
      UTL_FILE.get_line (l_file, l_text, 32767);
       INSERT INTO tmp_traces_tab (callnum, line, fileline) VALUES (l_call, l_line, l_text);
       l_line := l_line + 1;
    END LOOP;
EXCEPTION
    WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
      NULL;
END;
INSERT INTO tmp_traces_tab (callnum, line, fileline) VALUES (l_call, l_line, l_text);
l_line := l_line + 1;
UTL_FILE.fclose (l_file);
END;
/And when I run the code I get the error: ORA-29283 invalid file operation.
Is it possible to a role my user to be able to get the content of the trace files in the directory TRACE_DIR without having explicit READ , WRITE privileges on it?
My user currently has these roles:
select * from dba_role_privs where grantee = USER;
Output:
U1     OPR_ROLE_LOSS_SNAPSHOT_READER     YES     YES
U1     RESOURCE     NO     YES
U1     CONNECT     NO     YES
U1     DBA     NO     YES
U1     OPR_ROLE_SUPPORT_USER     YES     YESI know that on another db with different user I hit no errors when doing completely the same (of course the program unit I monitor is different).
That other user with which I have NO issues has these roles:
select * from dba_role_privs where grantee = USER;
Output:
U2    DBA    NO    YES
U2    EXEC_SYS_PACKAGES_ROLE    NO    YES
U2    EXECUTE_CATALOG_ROLE    NO    YES
U2    CONNECT    NO    YES

Verdi wrote:
NLSRTL      10.2.0.5.0     Production
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition      10.2.0.5.0     64bi
PL/SQL      10.2.0.5.0     Production
TNS for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000:      10.2.0.5.0     Productio
And when I run the code I get the error: ORA-29283 invalid file operation.
Is it possible to a role my user to be able to get the content of the trace files in the directory TRACE_DIR without having explicit READ , WRITE privileges on it?
My user currently has these roles:
select * from dba_role_privs where grantee = USER;
Output:
U1     OPR_ROLE_LOSS_SNAPSHOT_READER     YES     YES
U1     RESOURCE     NO     YES
U1     CONNECT     NO     YES
U1     DBA     NO     YES
U1     OPR_ROLE_SUPPORT_USER     YES     YESI know that on another db with different user I hit no errors when doing completely the same (of course the program unit I monitor is different).
Thanks for posting version alongwith other details.
TO my knowledge, No you cannot.
Privileges acquired via a Role are not valid in PL/SQL. You need to have explicit privileges.

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