they start when oracle starts, they are forked from the oracle
executable.

joe
Viraj Luthra wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> A very basic question; the background processes, smon, pmon, etc. do they have an 
>executable name like smon* etc. or pmon* in some bin directory of oracle? Or how do 
>they start? like eg. BMC' Patrol agent when it runs is run because there is an 
>executable called PatrolAgent, is it the same with the background processes, and if 
>yes where is the location of that executable?
> 
> Is there a v$ synonym which has the same fields as sys.file$?
> 
> Please reply urgently to above.
> 
> rgds,
> 
> raja
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