"Burke, William F (Bill)" wrote: > > I just started getting hundreds of the following messages: > > /ora_archive/ptxor01/arch_log/ptxor01_1_17484.arc: -- file unchanged > > It appears to only come from a failed attempt to compress an archive log > which is > > -rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 104858112 Jul 3 04:07 ptxor01_1_17484.arc > > over 100M in size > > -rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 71110623 Jul 6 07:11 ptxor01_1_17544.arc.Z > > logs under 100M compress just fine. > > Using a -f switch with the compress will compress the log, but the > compressed file is larger than the original file. I have not seen this > behavior before from compress. Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Bill Burke > "The Kinder and Gentler DBA" > International Oracle Users Group www.ioug.org > Executive Vice President, Director of Marketing > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Bill, The only logical explanation I see (which doesn't exclude illogical ones) is that your .arc file is already compressed - which would explain both the refusal to do something to it and the size increase. Have you tried to run file blahblah.arc ? -- Regards, Stephane Faroult Oriole Software -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Stephane Faroult INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).