How to move older trace files to another location in Window Server.

Step 1) Make a directory called "moved"

D:\>mkdir D:\app\oracle\admin\orcl\Adump\moved

Step 2) Create a batch file mv_trc.bat and copy the below content to this batch file.


D:


cd \app\oracle\admin\orcl\Adump


forfiles /S /D -365 /C "cmd /c move @file D:\app\oracle\admin\orcl\Adump\moved"

----Above forfiles command will move the all the trace files created 365 days before to the said location---


Step 3) Scheduled the task from window scheduler with below details.

Create a Basic Task and should be run as high privelege.

PARAMETERS:

ACTION: C:\Users\ashwani\Desktop\mv_trc.bat