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dropping datafile leaves .nfs file

edited Feb 20, 2012 1:24PM in Database Administration (MOSC) 6 comments
Using an  application that utilities Oracle partitioning. As part of daily partition rollover, it creates a temp tablespace and then moves that the data intothat partition. Application then proceeds to dump the data into an export file and then drop the data file. Then the application tries to cleanup by removing the file from file system and that is when it fails because file is in use by Oracle. At this point the application fails and errors out on file deletion.
Questions, what is holding the file open from Oracle and can it be told to release on drop? Fuser command shows that it is the oracle holding the file open.

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