Stop to write to listener.log !! why ???

Hi,
Since the listener.log grows so quick and becomes large (~10M) , i zip it and create
another blank listener.log in the same location. However, the server stops to write to the log!!!!!!!
Could anybody tell me why ???
(ps. i set the same permission as before and
the owner is the dbadm)
Thanks a lot
Regards
Stephen

what do you mean by 'create another blank listener.log'? this file is automatically generated by the server, so if you ziped it, a new "listener.log" will be created next time the listener is started or stopped.
try to stop/start your listener see what happend.
hope this will help
James
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by stephen cheng:
Hi,
Since the listener.log grows so quick and becomes large (~10M) , i zip it and create
another blank listener.log in the same location. However, the server stops to write to the log!!!!!!!
Could anybody tell me why ???
(ps. i set the same permission as before and
the owner is the dbadm)
Thanks a lot
Regards
Stephen<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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wrjih (guest) wrote:
: Hi, there
: I store my oracle database in the machine A. In the machine B,
: it only install the oracle without create database. How should
: I write the
: listener.ora and tnsnames.ora? So that the machine B could
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